Abstract
If the unseen matter in our Galaxy is provided by very low-mass star-like objects, we show that the halo infrared luminosity is dominated by 0. 1M ⊙ objects. In this case, the halo IMF must be much steeper than in the disk, so that most of the unseen matter consists of brown dwarfs. We show that a halo made-up of low-mass star-like objects is consistent with present day observations, in particular with recent data from the HST.
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Chabrier, G., Méra, D., Schaeffer, R. (1995). Low-Mass Objects and the Dark Matter in the Halo. In: Tinney, C.G. (eds) The Bottom of the Main Sequence — And Beyond. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49217-7_38
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