Difference between revisions of "Dynamics"
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*What is the circular velocity of the sun around the galactic center? What is its distance from the GC? Orbital period? | *What is the circular velocity of the sun around the galactic center? What is its distance from the GC? Orbital period? | ||
*Plot the position of the sun on a galactic rotation curve | *Plot the position of the sun on a galactic rotation curve | ||
+ | *How will u estimate the following WITHOUT using the Jeans equation: radial dependence of the density of dark matter, the amount of DM in the local neighborhood |
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- What do you know about the galactic rotation curve?
- How are distances measured on it?
- What's dark matter?
- How do we know it exists?
- What is the circular velocity of the sun around the galactic center? What is its distance from the GC? Orbital period?
- Plot the position of the sun on a galactic rotation curve
- How will u estimate the following WITHOUT using the Jeans equation: radial dependence of the density of dark matter, the amount of DM in the local neighborhood