A dynamical model of the local cosmic expansion

Abstract

We combine the equations of motion that govern the dynamics of galaxies in the local volume with Bayesian techniques in order to fit orbits to published distances and velocities of galaxies within $\sim 3$ Mpc. We find a Local Group (LG) mass $2.3\pm 0.7\times 10^{12}{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$ that is consistent with the combined dynamical masses of M31 and the Milky Way, and a mass ratio $0.54_{-0.17}^{+0.23}$ that rules out models where our Galaxy is more massive than M31 with $\sim 95\%$ confidence. The Milky Way's circular velocity at the solar radius is relatively high, $245\pm 23$ km/s, which helps to reconcile the mass derived from the local Hubble flow with the larger value suggested by the `timing argument'. Adopting {\it Planck}'s bounds on ${\Omega }_{\Lambda }$ yields a (local) Hubble constant $H_0=67\pm 5$km/s/Mpc which is consistent with the value found on cosmological scales. Restricted N-body experiments show that substructures tend to fall onto the LG along the Milky Way-M31 axis, where the quadrupole attraction is maximum. Tests against mock data indicate that neglecting this effect slightly overestimates the LG mass without biasing the rest of model parameters. We also show that both the time-dependence of the LG potential and the cosmological constant have little impact on the observed local Hubble flow.

arXiv comment22 pages, 14 figures. Accepted to MNRAS. An error in the apex calculation (Appendix A) was found and has been fixed. The new constraints favour models where the Milky Way is less massive than M31. The rest of model parameters and conclusions remain unchanged

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