Silvia Garbari, Justin I. Read, George Lake
Published 2011-11-22Version 1
We study the systematic problems in determining the local dark matter density $\rho_{dm}(R_\odot)$ from kinematics of stars in the Solar Neighbourhood, using a simulated Milky Way-like galaxy. We introduce a new unbiased method for recovering $\rho_{dm}(R_\odot)$ based on the moments of the Jeans equations, combined with a Monte Carlo Markov Chain technique and apply it to real data. ov
Comments: 2 pages, 1 figure, to appear in the proceedings of "Assembling the Puzzle of the Milky Way", Le Grand Bornand (April 17-22, 2011), C. Reyle, A. Robin, M. Schultheis (eds.)
Journal: EPJ Web of Conferences 19, 01008 (2012)
Measuring the local dark matter density
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