Local dark matter from a carefully selected sample
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view Abstract Citations (176) References (38) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Local Dark Matter from a Carefully Selected Sample Bahcall, John N. ; Flynn, Chris ; Gould, Andrew Abstract The precise data obtained by Flynn and Freeman (1991) on K giants at the south Galactic pole are used to analyze the amount of local dark matter in which the systematic effects can be modeled easily and evaluated accurately. The method of Bahcall (1984) is employed to solve the self-consistent equations for the distribution of dark matter. The K-giant survey is found to provide significant evidence for disk dark matter. Taking into account all recognized sources of error using a statistical test devised by Gould (1989, 1990), a model with no dark matter is inconsistent with the data at the 86-percent confidence level. The best-fit P-model (in which dark matter is distributed proportionally to known matter) has 53 percent more dark matter than visible matter. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: April 1992 DOI: 10.1086/171201 Bibcode: 1992ApJ...389..234B Keywords: Dark Matter; Galactic Structure; Giant Stars; K Stars; Late Stars; Milky Way Galaxy; Metallicity; Poisson Equation; Stellar Luminosity; Stellar Magnitude; Stellar Models; Velocity Distribution; Astrophysics full text sources ADS | data products SIMBAD (126)