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Caption: Figure 4.
Left: the median and the 1.5∗MAD of the birth radii distribution as a function of age using the true Rb (Rb,truth) and age shown in blue, and the inferred Rb (Rb,inf.) and true age convolved with a 20% uncertainty in black. Right: the true migration strength (blue points) compared to the migration strength measured using inferred Rb (black crosses with error bars) for the simulation. The uncertainty in the inferred Rb of 1.5 kpc (see Figure 2) is accounted for by subtracting it in quadrature from the total scatter. When the total scatter is <1.5 kpc, we set the radial migration strength to be 0, as the quantity inside the square root becomes negative and therefore nonphysical. The uncertainties are measured with bootstrapping Rb with a width of 1.5 kpc and age with a width of 20% of its value. Both relations using inferred Rb extend beyond 6 Gyr due to the imposed age uncertainty. We are able to reproduce the general shape for both the Rb distributions and the radial migration strength.
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