1 code implementation • 21 Oct 2015 • Corbin Taylor, Michael Boylan-Kolchin, Paul Torrey, Mark Vogelsberger, Lars Hernquist
We use particle data from the Illustris simulation, combined with individual kinematic constraints on the mass of the Milky Way (MW) at specific distances from the Galactic center, to infer the radial distribution of the MW's dark matter halo mass.
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Astrophysics of Galaxies