Revisiting mass estimates of the Milky Way
Autor: | Jiao, Yongjun, Hammer, Francois, Wang, Haifeng, Wang, Jianling, Yang, Yanbin |
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Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
Popis: | We use the rotation curve from Gaia data release (DR) 3 to estimate the mass of the Milky Way. We consider an Einasto density profile to model the dark matter component. We extrapolate and obtain a dynamical mass $M=2.75^{+3.11}_{-0.48}\times 10^{11} M_\odot$ at $112$ kpc. This lower-mass Milky Way is consistent with the significant declining rotation curve, and can provide new insights into our Galaxy and halo inhabitants. Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, Accepted for publication in proceedings of IAU Symposium 379: Dynamical Masses of Local Group Galaxies, Potsdam, March 20-24, 2023 |
Databáze: | arXiv |
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