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The Distribution Of Dark Mass In Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Penny D. Sackett
Penny D. Sackett*
Affiliation:
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands

Abstract

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Gravitational lensing is one of a number of methods used to probe the distribution of dark mass in the Universe. On galactic scales, complementary techniques include the use of stellar kinematics, the kinematics and morphology of the neutral gas layer, kinematics of satellites, and the morphology and temperature profile of X-ray halos. These methods are compared, with emphasis on their relative strengths and weaknesses in constraining the distribution and extent of dark matter in the Milky Way and other galaxies. It is concluded that (1) the extent of dark halos remains ill-constrained, (2) halos need not be isothermal, and (3) the dark mass is probably quite flattened.

Type
Chapter 6: Galaxies
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 173: Astrophysical Applications of Gravitational Lensing , 1996 , pp. 165 - 174
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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