A Bayesian approach to the study of dark matter in disk galaxies

Studies of the rotation of disk galaxies have long been used to infer the presence and distribution of dark matter within them. Here I present a new Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method to explore the extensive and complex parameter space created by the possible combinations of dark and luminous m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hague, Peter R.
Other Authors: Wilkinson, Mark; Dehnen, Walter
Published: University of Leicester 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.666675