The Mass and Extent of the Galactic Halo

Details The Mass and Extent of the Galactic Halo The Mass and Extent of the Galactic Halo

1998-10-05

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9810069v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Invited Review for The Third Stromlo Symposium: The Galactic Halo 12 pages, 3 figures

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We review the various techniques used to constrain the Galactic halo mass profile for radii > 20 kpc with particular emphasis on identifying a self-consistent halo model and resolving the apparent discrepancies present in the literature on this subject. We collate published results and demonstrate that they are all consistent with a Galactic halo that is nearly isothermal with a characteristic velocity of 180 to 220 km/sec and an extent >~ 200 kpc.

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