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Weighing the Galactic disk using phase-space spirals II. Most stringent constraints on a thin dark disk using Gaia EDR3
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmo Particle Physics (OKC). Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3890-6441
Number of Authors: 42021 (English)In: Astronomy and Astrophysics, ISSN 0004-6361, E-ISSN 1432-0746, Vol. 653, article id A86Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Using the method that was developed in the first paper of this series, we measured the vertical gravitational potential of the Galactic disk from the time-varying structure of the phase-space spiral, using data from Gaia as well as supplementary radial velocity information from legacy spectroscopic surveys. For eleven independent data samples, we inferred gravitational potentials that were in good agreement, despite the data samples' varied and substantial selection e ffects. Using a model for the baryonic matter densities, we inferred a local halo dark matter density of 0.0085 +/- 0.0039 M(circle dot)pc(-3) = 0.32 +/- 0.15 GeV cm(-3). We were also able to place the most stringent constraint on the surface density of a thin dark disk with a scale height <= 50 pc, corresponding to an upper 95% confidence limit of roughly 5 M(circle dot)pc(-2) (compared to the previous limit of roughly 10 M(circle dot)pc(-2), given the same scale height). For the inferred halo dark matter density and thin dark disk surface density, the statistical uncertainties are dominated by the baryonic model, which potentially could also su ffer from a significant systematic error. With this level of precision, our method is highly competitive with traditional methods that rely on the assumption of a steady state. In a general sense, this illustrates that time-varying dynamical structures are not solely obstacles to dynamical mass measurements, but they can also be regarded as assets containing useful information.

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2021. Vol. 653, article id A86
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Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics, Galaxy: disk, solar neighborhood, astrometry
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-197666DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141466ISI: 000696031700007Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85115190679OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-197666DiVA, id: diva2:1602648
Available from: 2021-10-13 Created: 2021-10-13 Last updated: 2022-11-11Bibliographically approved

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