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Despite strong evidence for the existence of large amounts of dark matter (DM) in our Universe, there is no direct indication of its presence in our own solar system. All estimates of the local DM density rely on extrapolating results on…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-12-23 Bradley J. Kavanagh , Timon Emken , Riccardo Catena

We test a non-parametric higher-order Jeans analysis method, GravSphere, on 32 simulated dwarf galaxies comparable to classical Local Group dwarfs like Fornax. The galaxies are selected from the APOSTLE suite of cosmological hydrodynamics…

We present robust constraints from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) on the shape and distribution of the dark matter halo within the Milky Way (MW). Using the number density distribution and kinematics of SDSS halo stars, we probe the…

We study the impact of symmetry energy ($S$), hyperons, and dark matter (DM) on structural and oscillatory properties of neutron stars (NSs). Uncertainty from hadronic equation of state for NSs is considered with 15 relativistic mean field…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-05-15 Debashree Sen , Atanu Guha , Chang Ho Hyun

We explore the density profile, shape, and virial mass of the Milky Way's dark matter halo using K giants (KG) from LAMOST and SDSS/SEGUE, as well as blue horizontal branch (BHB) stars from SDSS. Incorporating Gaia DR3 proper motions, we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-15 Lan Zhang , Xiang-Xiang Xue , Ling Zhu , Ruizhi Zhang , Chengqun Yang , Shi Shao , Jiang Chang , Feilu Wang , Hao Tian , Gang Zhao , Chao Liu

An accurate knowledge of the dark matter distribution in the Milky Way is of crucial importance for galaxy formation studies and current searches for particle dark matter. In this paper we set new dynamical constraints on the Galactic dark…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-12-03 Miguel Pato , Fabio Iocco , Gianfranco Bertone

We investigate the dark matter density profile of the massive elliptical galaxy, NGC 1407, by constructing spherically symmetric Jeans models of its field star and globular cluster systems. Two major challenges in such models are the…

We develop a novel Bayesian methodology aimed at reliably and precisely inferring the distribution of dark matter within the Milky Way using rotation curve data. We identify a subset of the available rotation curve tracers that are mutually…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-09-25 Ekaterina V. Karukes , Maria Benito , Fabio Iocco , Roberto Trotta , Alex Geringer-Sameth

We attempt to estimate the uncertainty in the constraints on the spin independent dark matter-nucleon cross section due to our lack of knowledge of the dark matter phase space in the galaxy. We fit the density of dark matter before…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Malcolm Fairbairn , Tom Douce , Jace Swift

The surface density and vertical distribution of stars, stellar remnants, and gas in the solar vicinity form important ingredients for understanding the star formation history of the Galaxy as well as for inferring the local density of dark…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-11-18 Christopher F. McKee , Antonio Parravano , David J. Hollenbach

The stellar and gaseous mass distributions, as well as the extended rotation curve in the nearby galaxy M33 are used to derive the radial distribution of dark matter density in the halo and to test cosmological models of galaxy formation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-01 Ernesto López Fune , Paolo Salucci , Edvige Corbelli

We use the calculations derived in a previous paper (M\'era, Chabrier and Schaeffer, 1997), based on observational constraints arising from star counts, microlensing experiments and kinematic properties, to determine the amount of dark…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Méra , G. Chabrier , R. Schaeffer

We derive purely gravitational constraints on dark matter and cosmic neutrino profiles in the solar system using asteroid (101955) Bennu. We focus on Bennu because of its extensive tracking data and high-fidelity trajectory modeling…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-03-11 Yu-Dai Tsai , Joshua Eby , Jason Arakawa , Davide Farnocchia , Marianna S. Safronova

Both the gas flaring and the dip in the rotation curve, which was recently reconfirmed with precise measurements using the VERA VLBI array in Japan, suggest doughnut-like substructure in the dark matter (DM) halo. A global fit to all…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 W. de Boer , M. Weber

We analyse the kinematics and dynamics of a homogeneous sample of red clump stars selected from the second Gaia data release catalogue in the direction of the Galactic poles. The level of completeness of the sample at heights between 0.6…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-11 Jean-Baptiste Salomon , Olivier Bienaymé , Céline Reylé , Annie C. Robin , Benoit Famaey

Dark matter (DM) halos formed in CDM cosmologies seem to be characterized by a power law phase-space density profile. The density of the DM halos is often fitted by the NFW profile but a better fit is provided by the Sersic fitting formula.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Amir Zait , Yehuda Hoffman , Isaac Shlosman

We probe the self-interactions of dark matter using observational data of relaxed galaxy groups and clusters. Our analysis uses the Jeans formalism and considers a wider range of systematic effects than in previous work, including adiabatic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-20 Laura Sagunski , Sophia Gad-Nasr , Brian Colquhoun , Andrew Robertson , Sean Tulin

Dark matter-only simulations predict that dark matter halos have steep, cuspy inner density profiles, while observations of dwarf galaxies find a range of inner slopes that are often much shallower. There is debate whether this discrepancy…

We study the distribution of dark matter in the Draco dwarf spheroidal galaxy by modelling the moments of the line-of-sight velocity distribution of stars obtained from new velocity data of Wilkinson et al. The luminosity distribution is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Ewa L. Lokas , Gary A. Mamon , Francisco Prada