Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-04-03
New Astron. 11 (2006) 608-610
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 1 figure, accepted by New Astronomy
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.newast.2006.04.002
The general relativistic model of Cooperstock & Tieu, which attempts to fit rotation curves of spiral galaxies without invoking dark matter, is tested empirically using observations of the Milky Way. In particular, predictions for the mass density in the solar neighbourhood and the vertical density distribution at the position of the Sun are compared with observations. It is shown that the model of Cooperstock & Tieu, which was so constructed that it gives an excellent fit of the observed rotation curve, singularly fails to reproduce the observed local mass density and the vertical density profile of the Milky Way.
Fuchs Burkhard
Phleps Stefanie
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