Constraining the vertical structure of the Milky Way rotation by microlensing in a finite-width global disk model
Abstract
In this paper we model the vertical structure of mass distribution of the Milky Way galaxy in the framework of a finite-width global disk model. Assuming the Galactic rotation curve only, we test inside the solar orbit the predictions of the model for two measurable and unrelated to each other processes: the gravitational microlensing that allows to fix the disk width-scale by the best fit to measurements, and the vertical gradient of rotation modelled in the quasi-circular orbits approximation. The former is sensitive to the gravitating mass in compact objects and the latter is sensitive to all kinds of gravitating matter. The analysis points to a small width-scale of the considered disks and, at most, insignificant contribution of non-baryonic dark mater in the solar circle. The predicted high vertical gradient values in the rotation are consistent with the gradient measurements.
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@article{arxiv.1404.6108,
title = {Constraining the vertical structure of the Milky Way rotation by microlensing in a finite-width global disk model},
author = {Joanna Jałocha and Szymon Sikora and Łukasz Bratek and Marek Kutschera},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.6108},
year = {2014}
}
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10 pages, 10 figures