Omega_B and Omega_0 From MACHOs and Local Group Dynamics
arXiv:astro-ph/9803008 · doi:10.1086/307657
Abstract
We obtain restrictions on the universal baryon fraction, f_B = Omega_B/Omega_0, by assuming that the observed microlensing events towards the Large Magellanic Cloud are due to baryonic MACHOs in the halo of the Galaxy and by extracting a bound to the total mass of the Milky Way from the motion of tracer galaxies in the Local Group. We find a lower bound f_B > 0.29^{+0.18}_{-0.15}. Consistency with the predictions of primordial nucleosynthesis leads to the further constraint on the total mass density, Omega_0 < 0.2.
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