Dark Halos of M31 and the Milky Way

Abstract

Grand rotation curves (GRC) within ~400 kpc of M31 and the Milky Way were constructed by combining disk rotation velocities and radial velocities of satellite galaxies and globular clusters. The GRC for the Milky Way was revised using the most recent Solar rotation velocity. The derived GRCs were deconvolved into a de Vaucouleurs bulge, exponential disk, and a dark halo with the Navarro-Frenk-White (NFW) density profile by the least chi-squares fitting. Comparison of the best-fit parameters revealed similarity of the disks and bulges of the two galaxies, whereas the dark halo mass of M31 was found to be twice the Galaxy's. We show that the NFW model may be a realistic approximation to the observed dark halos in these two giant spirals.

arXiv comment9 pages, 9 figures, accepted for PASJ

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