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Geometry-driven and dark-matter-sustained Milky Way rotation curves with Gaia DR3

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Beordo, William, Crosta, Mariateresa, Lattanzi, Mario G, Re Fiorentin, Paola, Spagna, Alessandro·2024·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Abstract

Thanks to Gaia DR2, we proved for the first time that a general relativistic Milky Way rotation curve is statistically indistinguishable from its state-of-the-art dark matter analogue. Those results supported the ansatz that gravitational dragging can explain the observed flatness of the Milky Way rotation curve with a consistent radial matter density profile. To challenge again such a scenario, we select 719 143 young disc stars within |z| < 1 kpc and up to R ≃ 19 kpc from Gaia DR3 providing a much larger sample of high-quality astrometric and spectrophotometric data of unprecedented homogeneity. This sample comprises 241 918 OBA stars, 475 520 RGB giants, and 1705 Cepheides that we use to fit, as with DR2, both a classical velocity profile model, i.e. with a dark matter halo, and a general relativistic analogue derived from a dust disc-scale metric. Once more, further corroborating our earlier findings, both models are found to explain, with similar statistical quality, the new observed rotational velocities derived from different combinations of the selected sets of stars belonging to the disc of our Galaxy. The geometrical effect is found to drive the velocity profile from 10 kpc outwards, while being responsible for ∼30–37 per cent of this profile already at the Sun distance, similarly to the halo contribution in the classical model. This confirms our previous results on the contribution of Einstein’s geometry and pushes to further investigate the role of General Relativity in tracing the Milky Way rotation curve; notably, the origin of this gravitational dragging remains undetermined, necessitating a dedicated in-depth exploration.

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  • Beordo et al. (2024) compared MOND, dark-matter halo, and general-relativistic models with Gaia-based data limited to R ≲ 19 kpc and found them statistically comparable over that interval.

    “Beordo et al. (2024) compared MOND, dark-matter halo, and general-relativistic models with Gaia-based data limited to R ≲ 19 kpc and found them statistically comparable over that interval.”

    From The rotation curve of the Milky Way: State of the art, the Keplerian decline debate, and implications for dark matter (2026) · cites this paper as Beordo et al. (2024)

    The Abstract reports Gaia DR3 data extending to about 19 kpc and says the dark-matter-halo and general-relativistic models explain the observed rotational velocities with similar statistical quality. The Conclusions likewise say both models explain the observations equivalently. The paper compares those two models, not MOND, so it does not support the claimed three-way comparison. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
Beordo, W., Crosta, M., Lattanzi, M. G., Re Fiorentin, P., & Spagna, A.
Affiliations
  • Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (IT)
  • INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino , Via Osservatorio 20, 10025 Pino Torinese , Italy
Corresponding author
Beordo, William
Venue
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Published
2024-03-23
Volume
529
Issue
4
Pages
4681-4698
ISSN
  • 0035-8711 (ISSN-L)
  • 1365-2966
OpenAlex
W4393130644
Cited by
30
References
66
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 6
FWCI
5.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Italian Space Agency (2018-24-HH.0, 2018-24-HH.1-2022)
  • National Institute for Astrophysics
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Keywords
Milky Way rotation curve, dark matter, general relativity, Cepheid variable stars, dark matter halos, flat rotation curves, Gaia DR3

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