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Solar System constraints on local dark matter density

G. De Risi, T. Harko, F. S. N. Lobo

Abstract
We study how the classical tests of general relativity are modified by the presence of a subdominant dark matter halo in the solar system. We use a general formalism to calculate the corrected expression for the relevant parameters, and obtain bound plots for the mean energy density and the dimension of the dark matter halo. Our results seem to favor a density profile peaked at the center of the solar system.

Keywords
stars - gravity - dark: matter: theory

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Volume 2012, Issue 07, Page 047_1
2012 July

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Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia COMPETE 2020 PORTUGAL 2020 União Europeia