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The Astrophysical Journal· 2012Q1

ON THE LOCAL DARK MATTER DENSITY

Jo Bovy, Scott Tremaine

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A re-analysis of stellar kinematics data corrects a previous claim of a low dark matter density, finding a value of 0.008 +/- 0.003 Msun/pc^3 (0.3 +/- 0.1 GeV/cm3), consistent with standard estimates.

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Field: Instrumentation

InstrumentationPhysics and Astronomy