The galaxy in context: structural, kinematic, and integrated properties

J Bland-Hawthorn, O Gerhard - Annual Review of Astronomy …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Our Galaxy, the Milky Way, is a benchmark for understanding disk galaxies. It is the only
galaxy whose formation history can be studied using the full distribution of stars from faint …

Direct detection of WIMP dark matter: concepts and status

M Schumann - Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The existence of dark matter as evidenced by numerous indirect observations is one of the
most important indications that there must be physics beyond the Standard Model of particle …

First dark matter search results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment

J Aalbers, DS Akerib, CW Akerlof, AK Al Musalhi… - Physical review …, 2023 - APS
The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment is a dark matter detector centered on a dual-phase xenon time
projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South …

galpy: A python Library for Galactic Dynamics

J Bovy - The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT I describe the design, implementation, and usage of galpy, a python package for
galactic-dynamics calculations. At its core, galpy consists of a general framework for …

Dark matter results from 225 live days of XENON100 data

E Aprile, M Alfonsi, K Arisaka, F Arneodo, C Balan… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
We report on a search for particle dark matter with the XENON100 experiment, operated at
the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso for 13 months during 2011 and 2012. XENON100 …

Formation of double neutron star systems

TM Tauris, M Kramer, PCC Freire, N Wex… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Double neutron star (DNS) systems represent extreme physical objects and the endpoint of
an exotic journey of stellar evolution and binary interactions. Large numbers of DNS systems …

Low-mass dark matter search with the DarkSide-50 experiment

P Agnes, IFM Albuquerque, T Alexander, AK Alton… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
We present the results of a search for dark matter weakly interacting massive particles
(WIMPs) in the mass range below 20 GeV/c 2 using a target of low-radioactivity argon with a …

The Galactic Center massive black hole and nuclear star cluster

R Genzel, F Eisenhauer, S Gillessen - Reviews of modern physics, 2010 - APS
The Galactic Center is an excellent laboratory for studying phenomena and physical
processes that may be occurring in many other galactic nuclei. The center of our Milky Way …

Modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND): observational phenomenology and relativistic extensions

B Famaey, SS McGaugh - Living reviews in relativity, 2012 - Springer
A wealth of astronomical data indicate the presence of mass discrepancies in the Universe.
The motions observed in a variety of classes of extragalactic systems exceed what can be …

The milky way total mass profile as inferred from Gaia DR2

M Cautun, A Benitez-Llambay… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT We determine the Milky Way (MW) mass profile inferred from fitting physically
motivated models to the Gaia DR2 Galactic rotation curve and other data. Using various …