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Bound on the Dark Matter Density in the Solar System from Planetary Motions

Astrophysics 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

High precision planet orbital data extracted from direct observation, spacecraft explorations and laser ranging techniques enable to put a strong constraint on the maximal dark matter density of a spherical halo centered around the Sun. The maximal density at Earth's location is of the order 10510^5 GeV/cm3{\rm GeV/cm^3} and shows only a mild dependence on the slope of the halo profile, taken between 0 and -2. This bound is somewhat better than that obtained from the perihelion precession limits.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0701542,
  title  = {Bound on the Dark Matter Density in the Solar System from Planetary Motions},
  author = {J. -M. Frère and F. -S. Ling and G. Vertongen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0701542},
  year   = {2008}
}

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7 pages, 1 figure