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Missing Matter in the Vicinity of the Sun

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

John N. Bahcall*
Affiliation:
The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

Abstract

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The combined Poisson-Boltzman equation for the gravitational potential is solved numerically for a detailed Galaxy model. The main result - obtained by comparing the calculated densities with observations of F dwarfs and K giants - is that about half of the mass density in the vicinity of the Sun has not yet been observed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1984

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