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We apply the vertical Jeans equation to the kinematics of Milky Way stars in the solar neighbourhood to measure the local dark matter density. More than 90,000 G- and K-type dwarf stars are selected from the cross-matched sample of LAMOST…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-10 Rui Guo , Chao Liu , Shude Mao , Xiang-Xiang Xue , R. J. Long , Lan Zhang

We apply a new method to determine the local disc matter and dark halo matter density to kinematic and position data for \sim2000 K dwarf stars taken from the literature. Our method assumes only that the disc is locally in dynamical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-08-28 Silvia Garbari , Chao Liu , Justin I. Read , George Lake

Measurement of the local dark matter density plays an important role in both Galactic dynamics and dark matter direct detection experiments. However, the estimated values from previous works are far from agreeing with each other. In this…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-23 Qiran Xia , Chao Liu , Shude Mao , Yingyi Song , Lan Zhang , R. J. Long , Yong Zhang , Yonghui Hou , Yuefei Wang , Yue Wu

We present a new method for determining the local dark matter density using kinematic data for a population of tracer stars. The Jeans equation in the $z$-direction is integrated to yield an equation that gives the velocity dispersion as a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-05-10 Hamish Silverwood , Sofia Sivertsson , Pascal Steger , Justin I. Read , Gianfranco Bertone

We use stellar kinematics from the latest Gaia data release (DR2) to measure the local dark matter density $\rho_{\rm DM}$ in a heliocentric cylinder of radius $R= 150 \ {\rm pc}$ and half-height $z= 200 \ {\rm pc}$. We also explore the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-18 Jatan Buch , John Shing Chau Leung , JiJi Fan

We derive the local dark matter density by applying the integrated Jeans equation method from Silverwood et al. (2016) to SDSS-SEGUE G-dwarf data processed and presented by B\"udenbender et al. (2015). We use the MultiNest Bayesian nested…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-02 Sofia Sivertsson , Hamish Silverwood , Justin I. Read , Gianfranco Bertone , Pascal Steger

This report summarises progress made in estimating the local density of dark matter ($\rho_{\mathrm{DM,\odot}}$), a quantity that is especially important for dark matter direct detection experiments. We outline and compare the most common…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-10-27 Pablo F. de Salas , Axel Widmark

We determine the total dynamical matter density in the solar neighbourhood using the second Gaia data release (DR2). The dynamical matter density distribution is inferred in a framework of a Bayesian hierarchical model, which accounts for…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-27 Axel Widmark

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

The local density of dark matter is an important quantity. On the one hand, its value is needed for dark matter direct detection searches. On the other hand, a precise and robust determination of the local dark matter density would help us…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-20 Pablo F. de Salas

The density of dark matter near the Sun is important for experiments hunting for dark matter particles in the laboratory, and for constraining the local shape of the Milky Way's dark matter halo. Estimates to date have typically assumed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-02-16 S. Sivertsson , J. I. Read , H. Silverwood , P. F. de Salas , K. Malhan , A. Widmark , C. F. P. Laporte , S. Garbari , K. Freese

We present a novel, data-driven analysis of Galactic dynamics, using unsupervised machine learning -- in the form of density estimation with normalizing flows -- to learn the underlying phase space distribution of 6 million nearby stars…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-05 Sung Hak Lim , Eric Putney , Matthew R. Buckley , David Shih

We revisit systematics in determining the local dark matter density (rho_dm) from the vertical motion of stars in the Solar Neighbourhood. Using a simulation of a Milky Way-like galaxy, we determine the data-quality required to detect the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-08-29 Silvia Garbari , Justin I. Read , George Lake

The predicted size of dark matter substructures in kilo-parsec scales is model-dependent. Therefore, if the correlations between dark matter mass densities as a function of the distances between them are measured via observations, we can…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-08-02 Ahmad Borzou

We probe the gravitational force perpendicular to the Galactic plane at the position of the Sun based on a sample of red giants, with measurements taken from the DR3 Gaia catalogue. Measurements far out of the Galactic plane up to 3.5 kpc…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-02 O. Bienaymé , A. C. Robin , J. -B. Salomon , C. Reylé

We determine the total dynamical density in the solar neighbourhood using the Tycho-Gaia Astrometric Solution (TGAS) catalogue. Astrometric measurements of proper motion and parallax of stars inform us of both the stellar number density…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-11-04 Axel Widmark , Giacomo Monari

Dynamical estimates of the mass surface density at the solar radius can be made up to a height of 4 kpc using thick disk stars as tracers of the potential. We investigate why different Jeans estimators of the local surface density lead to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-27 F. J. Sanchez-Salcedo , C. Flynn , J. A. de Diego

New and more reliable distances and proper motions of a large number of stars in the Tycho-Gaia Astrometric Solution (TGAS) catalogue allow to calculate the local matter density distribution more precisely than earlier. We devised a method…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-15 Rain Kipper , Elmo Tempel , Peeter Tenjes

We model vertical breathing mode perturbations in the Milky Way's stellar disc and study their effects on estimates of the local dark matter density, surface density, and vertical force. Evidence for these perturbations, which involve…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-11-22 Nilanjan Banik , Lawrence M. Widrow , Scott Dodelson

Accurate determination of the local dark matter density is important for understanding the nature and distribution of dark matter in the universe. This requires that the local velocity distribution is characterised correctly. Here, we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-08-06 Alex Büdenbender , Glenn van de Ven , Laura L. Watkins
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