On the Reported Death of the MACHO Era

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2009-03-09

arxiv.org/abs/0903.1644v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

6 Pages, 4 Figures, Accepted for MNRAS Letters

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1745-3933.2009.00652.x

We present radial velocity measurements of four wide halo binary candidates from the sample in Chaname & Gould (2004; CG04) which, to date, is the only sample containing a large number of such candidates. The four candidates that we have observed have projected separations >0.1 pc, and include the two widest binaries from the sample, with separations of 0.45 and 1.1 pc. We confirm that three of the four CG04 candidates are genuine, including the one with the largest separation. The fourth candidate, however, is spurious at the 5-sigma level. In the light of these measurements we re-examine the implications for MACHO models of the Galactic halo. Our analysis casts doubt on what MACHO constraints can be drawn from the existing sample of wide halo binaries.

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