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The dark matter density at the Sun’s location

2010381 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

P. Salucci · Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati

Fabrizio Nesti · University of Ferrara

G. Gentile · Université Libre de Bruxelles

C. Frigerio Martins · Universidade Federal do ABC

Abstract

Aims. We derive the value of the dark matter density at the Sun’s location (ρ⊙) without fully modeling the mass distribution in the Galaxy.

Topics & Keywords

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing

Publication Details

Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volume 523, pp. A83-A83

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014385

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 27.86

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