Reconstruction of the Z distribution for F disk stars: (a) the distribution of the maximum deviation from the plane of the Galactic disk (Zmax) for orbits of stars in the Solar neighborhood that are a 60x60x60 pc3 cubic volume; (b) the weighted histogram (a) reflecting the distribution of Zmax for stars at the Solar Galactocentric distance in a column with a 60x60 pc2 square base; and (c), the final reconstructed distribution of Z for stars of the Galactic disk at the Solar Galactocentric distance. The solid curve at the bottom show an approximation of the distribution by an exponential law, and the numbers give the scale height and its error.discussion in the text | next figure | previous figure