The distribution of nearby stars in phase space mapped by Hipparcos. I. The potential well and local dynamical mass

M. Creze (1) , E. Chereul (1) , O. Bienayme (1) , C. Pichon

1 ObAS - Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg

Hipparcos data provide the first, volume limited and absolute magnitude limited homogeneous tracer of stellar density and velocity distributions in the solar neighbourhood. The density of A-type stars more luminous than M_v=2. 5 can be accurately mapped within a sphere of 125 pc radius, while proper motions in galactic latitude provide the vertical velocity distribution near the galactic plane. The potential well across the galactic plane is traced practically hypothesis-free and model-free. The local dynamical density comes out as rho_ {0}=0.076 +/-0.015 M_⊙ pc(-3) a value well below all previous determinations leaving no room for any disk shaped component of dark matter. Based on data from the Hipparcos astrometry satellite

Keywords: GALAXY: KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; GALAXY: FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; GALAXY: HALO; SOLAR NEIGHBOURHOOD; GALAXY: STRUCTURE; DARK MATTER; Astrophysics

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]

M. Creze, E. Chereul, O. Bienayme, C. Pichon. The distribution of nearby stars in phase space mapped by Hipparcos. I. The potential well and local dynamical mass. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1998, 329, pp.920-936. ⟨10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/9709022⟩. ⟨insu-04054617⟩