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Review of current estimates of the Galaxy mass

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2023-05-31 v1

Abstract

An overview of the methods used to estimate the mass of the Galaxy and the results obtained by various authors recently according to modern data is given. In particular, the estimates obtained based on the analysis of the galactic rotation curve, on the kinematics of the Galactic dwarf satellites and globular clusters, on the streams of such dwarf galaxies, on escape speed, as well as on halo stars are considered. Estimates of the Galaxy mass in the form M(<r)M (<r), M200M_{\rm 200} and MvirM_{\rm vir} are considered. According to 20 individual estimates, the average value was found M200=0.88×1012 M\overline M_{\rm 200}=0.88\times 10^{12}~M_\odot with a dispersion of 0.24×1012 M0.24\times 10^{12}~M_\odot and a weighted average error of 0.06×1012 M0.06\times 10^{12}~M_\odot. According to 25 individual estimates, Mvir=1.02×1012 M\overline M_{\rm vir}=1.02\times10^{12}~M_\odot was obtained with a dispersion of 0.41×1012 M0.41\times 10^{12}~M_\odot and a weighted average error of 0.09×1012 M0.09\times10^{12}~M_\odot.

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@article{arxiv.2305.18408,
  title  = {Review of current estimates of the Galaxy mass},
  author = {V. V. Bobylev and A. T. Bajkova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.18408},
  year   = {2023}
}

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15 pages, 3 figures