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Title: Using Gaia DR2 to constrain local dark matter density and thin dark disk

Abstract

We use stellar kinematics from the latest Gaia data release (DR2) to measure the local dark matter (DM) density ρDM in a heliocentric cylinder of radius R= 150 pc and half-height z= 200 pc. We also explore the prospect of using our analysis to estimate the DM density in local substructure by setting constraints on the surface density and scale height of a thin dark disk aligned with the baryonic disk and formed due to dissipative dark matter self-interactions. Performing the statistical analysis within a Bayesian framework for three types of tracers, we obtain ρDM = 0.016 ± 0.010 M/pc3 for A stars; early G stars give a similar result, while F stars yield a significantly higher value. For a thin dark disk, A stars set the strongest constraint: excluding surface densities (5–12) M/pc2 for scale heights below 100 pc with 95% confidence. The upper bound of this constraint implies ≲ 1% of the Milky Way DM mass is present in a dissipative dark sector. Comparing our results with those derived using Tycho-Gaia Astrometric Solution (TGAS) data, we find that the uncertainty in our measurements of the local DM content is dominated by systematic errors that arise from assumptions ofmore » our dynamical analysis in the low z region. Furthermore, there will only be a marginal reduction in these uncertainties with more data in the Gaia era. We comment on the robustness of our method and discuss potential improvements for future work.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1]
  1. Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States)
  2. (John) [Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States)
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Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1611329
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0010010
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2019; Journal Issue: 04; Journal ID: ISSN 1475-7516
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Astronomy & Astrophysics; Physics

Citation Formats

Buch, Jatan, Leung, Shing, and Fan, JiJi. Using Gaia DR2 to constrain local dark matter density and thin dark disk. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2019/04/026.
Buch, Jatan, Leung, Shing, & Fan, JiJi. Using Gaia DR2 to constrain local dark matter density and thin dark disk. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2019/04/026
Buch, Jatan, Leung, Shing, and Fan, JiJi. Mon . "Using Gaia DR2 to constrain local dark matter density and thin dark disk". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2019/04/026. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1611329.
@article{osti_1611329,
title = {Using Gaia DR2 to constrain local dark matter density and thin dark disk},
author = {Buch, Jatan and Leung, Shing and Fan, JiJi},
abstractNote = {We use stellar kinematics from the latest Gaia data release (DR2) to measure the local dark matter (DM) density ρDM in a heliocentric cylinder of radius R= 150 pc and half-height z= 200 pc. We also explore the prospect of using our analysis to estimate the DM density in local substructure by setting constraints on the surface density and scale height of a thin dark disk aligned with the baryonic disk and formed due to dissipative dark matter self-interactions. Performing the statistical analysis within a Bayesian framework for three types of tracers, we obtain ρDM = 0.016 ± 0.010 M⊙/pc3 for A stars; early G stars give a similar result, while F stars yield a significantly higher value. For a thin dark disk, A stars set the strongest constraint: excluding surface densities (5–12) M⊙/pc2 for scale heights below 100 pc with 95% confidence. The upper bound of this constraint implies ≲ 1% of the Milky Way DM mass is present in a dissipative dark sector. Comparing our results with those derived using Tycho-Gaia Astrometric Solution (TGAS) data, we find that the uncertainty in our measurements of the local DM content is dominated by systematic errors that arise from assumptions of our dynamical analysis in the low z region. Furthermore, there will only be a marginal reduction in these uncertainties with more data in the Gaia era. We comment on the robustness of our method and discuss potential improvements for future work.},
doi = {10.1088/1475-7516/2019/04/026},
journal = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics},
number = 04,
volume = 2019,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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