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Maximum mass of objects that constitute unseen disk materialIt is suggested that the mass of the individual unseen 'disk things' which furnish unseen mass satisfies an inequality that is based on the demonstrated existence of a large number of wide binary stars in the Galaxy whose projected separations are as large as 0.1 pc. Since these binaries are weakly bound, with orbital velocities of 0.3 km/sec and periods of the order of 1 million years, they can be disrupted by passing stars or other pointlike objects. This implies that the mass of the unseen disk objects, which provide about half the local mass density, must be less than 2 solar masses.
Document ID
19850046002
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Bahcall, J. N.
(Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, NJ, United States)
Hut, P.
(Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, NJ, United States)
Tremaine, S.
(MIT Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal, Part 1
Volume: 290
ISSN: 0004-637X
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Report/Patent Number
ISSN: 0004-637X
Accession Number
85A28153
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS8-32902
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF AST-83-07654
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF PHY-84-40263
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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