Dr Alis Deason alis.j.deason@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
The mass of the Milky Way out to 100 kpc using halo stars
Deason, Alis J; Erkal, Denis; Belokurov, Vasily; Fattahi, Azadeh; Gómez, Facundo A; Grand, Robert JJ; Pakmor, Rüdiger; Xue, Xiang-Xiang; Liu, Chao; Yang, Chengqun; Zhang, Lan; Zhao, Gang
Authors
Denis Erkal
Vasily Belokurov
Dr Azadeh Fattahi Savadjani azadeh.fattahi-savadjani@durham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor
Facundo A Gómez
Robert JJ Grand
Rüdiger Pakmor
Xiang-Xiang Xue
Chao Liu
Chengqun Yang
Lan Zhang
Gang Zhao
Abstract
We use a distribution function analysis to estimate the mass of the Milky Way (MW) out to 100 kpc using a large sample of halo stars. These stars are compiled from the literature, and the vast majority (∼98 per cent) have 6D phase-space information. We pay particular attention to systematic effects, such as the dynamical influence of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), and the effect of unrelaxed substructure. The LMC biases the (pre-LMC infall) halo mass estimates towards higher values, while realistic stellar haloes from cosmological simulations tend to underestimate the true halo mass. After applying our method to the MW data, we find a mass within 100 kpc of M (<100 kpc) = 6.07 ± 0.29 (stat.) ± 1.21 (sys.) × 1011 M⊙. For this estimate, we have approximately corrected for the reflex motion induced by the LMC using the Erkal et al. model, which assumes a rigid potential for the LMC and MW. Furthermore, stars that likely belong to the Sagittarius stream are removed, and we include a 5 per cent systematic bias, and a 20 per cent systematic uncertainty based on our tests with cosmological simulations. Assuming the mass–concentration relation for Navarro–Frenk–White haloes, our mass estimate favours a total (pre-LMC infall) MW mass of M200c = 1.01 ± 0.24 × 1012 M⊙, or (post-LMC infall) mass of M200c = 1.16 ± 0.24 × 1012 M⊙ when a 1.5 × 1011 M⊙ mass of a rigid LMC is included.
Citation
Deason, A. J., Erkal, D., Belokurov, V., Fattahi, A., Gómez, F. A., Grand, R. J., …Zhao, G. (2021). The mass of the Milky Way out to 100 kpc using halo stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 501(4), 5964-5972. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3984
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 21, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 28, 2020 |
Publication Date | 2021-03 |
Deposit Date | Jul 2, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 2, 2021 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Print ISSN | 0035-8711 |
Electronic ISSN | 1365-2966 |
Publisher | Royal Astronomical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 501 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 5964-5972 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3984 |
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