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most citedDark Matter distribution in the Milky Way: microlensing and dynamical constraints

193 citations · 1.5k across the 27 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.GA2017★ 29 cited

: a new compilation of the Milky Way rotation curve data

Miguel Pato, Fabio Iocco

We present , a novel compilation of kinematic measurements tracing the rotation curve of our Galaxy, together with a tool to treat the data. The compilation is opt…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 1 cited

Mapping dark matter in the Milky Way, a synopsis

Miguel Pato, Fabio Iocco

Mapping the dark matter distribution across our Galaxy represents a central challenge for the near future as a new generation of space-borne and ground-based astronomical surveys s…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 37 cited

Testing modified Newtonian dynamics in the Milky Way

Fabio Iocco, Miguel Pato, Gianfranco Bertone

Modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) is an empirical theory originally proposed to explain the rotation curves of spiral galaxies by modifying the gravitational acceleration, rather…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 3 cited

Reply to Comment on "Evidence for dark matter in the inner Milky Way"

Fabio Iocco, Miguel Pato, Gianfranco Bertone

In a brief note posted recently, the authors of arXiv:1503.07813 raised some concerns on our arxiv:1502.03821, recently published in Nature Physics. We thank them for the interest…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 33 cited

The dark matter profile of the Milky Way: a non-parametric reconstruction

Miguel Pato, Fabio Iocco

We present the results of a new, non-parametric method to reconstruct the Galactic dark matter profile directly from observations. Using the latest kinematic data to track the tota…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 177 cited

Dynamical constraints on the dark matter distribution in the Milky Way

Miguel Pato, Fabio Iocco, Gianfranco Bertone

An accurate knowledge of the dark matter distribution in the Milky Way is of crucial importance for galaxy formation studies and current searches for particle dark matter. In this…