The Mass of the Milky Way

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Part of book or chapter of book , Conference object , Other literature type 10 Feb 2006 Netherlands English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Authors: Kuijken, K;

doi: 10.1007/10899892_1

handle: 11370/6e479780-7231-40da-8e12-eb77a9b62151

The Mass of the Milky Way

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Abstract

The Mass distribution of the Galaxy is reasonably well understood. Out to a radius of at least 200kpc, the enclosed mass increases roughly linearly with radius at about 10(10)M(circle dot) per kpc. The inner mass distribution is inconsistent with what we know to be present in stars and gas. Recent evidence indicates that the potential gets quite round at large radii.

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Netherlands

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University of Groningen
Netherlands

Keywords

DARK HALO, ROTATION, SHAPE, KINEMATICS

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