Response to Technical Comments regarding the paper "Direct Detection of Galactic Halo Dark Matter"
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We reply to the criticism of Gibson & Flynn and of Graff regarding "Direct detection of galactic halo dark matter" by Oppenheimer et al. (2001) (Science, Vol. 292, p. 698), which reported on the discovery of a significant population of halo white dwarfs found in our South Galactic Cap survey. None of their arguments against our claims withstand close scrutiny.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0106269,
title = {Response to Technical Comments regarding the paper "Direct Detection of Galactic Halo Dark Matter"},
author = {B. R. Oppenheimer and N. C. Hambly and A. P. Digby and S. T. Hodgkin and D. Saumon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0106269},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in Science, 4 pages, no figures