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对星系晕中暗物质微透镜极限的新观察

A new look at microlensing limits on dark matter in the Galactic halo

M. R. S. Hawkins

摘要:

本文的动机是审查的限制设置的星系晕的大麦云方向的微透镜实验的CO2含量。这是由最近对银河系自转曲线的测量所提示的,它表明极限已经被超大质量晕的假设所歪曲。本文首先讨论的安全性的探测效率的计算,这是中央推导出的星系晕的H2O含量。然后,它开始比较各种晕模型的旋转曲线与最近的观测,以建立什么样的限制可以放在一个所有的CAO晕。本文的主旨是调查是否轻晕模型,这是一致的微透镜的所有的O2晕也符合最近的措施,银河系的旋转曲线。在这种情况下,由UNO合作发现的天体数量将构成星系晕的全部暗物质。本文的主要结果是,很容易找到低质量晕模型与观测到的银河系旋转曲线一致,这也意味着光学深度微透镜类似的发现由CNOMO合作。这意味着不能根据他们的观测排除所有的日冕。总之,限制放在星系晕的微透镜调查在麦哲伦云是不一致的和模型依赖的,并没有提供一个安全的基础拒绝所有的星系晕。

英文摘要:

The motivation for this paper is to review the limits set on the MACHO content of the Galactic halo by microlensing experiments in the direction of the Large Magellanic Cloud. This has been prompted by recent measurements of the Galactic rotation curve, which suggest that the limits have been biassed by the assumption of an over-massive halo. The paper first discusses the security of the detection efficiency calculations which are central to deriving the MACHO content of the Galactic halo. It then sets out to compare the rotation curves from various halo models with recent observations, with a view to establishing what limits can be put on an all-MACHO halo. The main thrust of the paper is to investigate whether lighter halo models which are consistent with microlensing by an all-MACHO halo are also consistent with recent measures of the Galactic rotation curve. In this case the population of bodies discovered by the MACHO collaboration would make up the entire dark matter content of the Galactic halo. The main result of this paper is that it is easy to find low mass halo models consistent with the observed Galactic rotation curve, which also imply an optical depth to microlensing similar to that found by the MACHO collaboration. This means that all-MACHO halos cannot be ruled out on the basis of their observations. In conclusion, limits placed on the MACHO content of the Galactic halo from microlensing surveys in the Magellanic Clouds are inconsistent and model dependent, and do not provide a secure basis for rejecting an all-MACHO halo.

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