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Table 1.
Milky Way model parameters used at z = 0 (Nichols et al. 2015).
| ϕ(R) | Parameters | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulge |
 |
M = 1.3 × 1010 M⊙ | |
| a = 0.5 kpc | Xue et al. (2008) | ||
| Disk |
 |
M = 5.8 × 1010 M⊙ | |
| a = 0.5 kpc | Xue et al. (2008) | ||
| Mvir = 8 × 1011 M⊙ | |||
| Halo | −GMvirln(1 + cR/Rvir)/[ln(1 + c)−c/(1 + c)] | c = 21 | Kafle et al. (2014) |
| Rvir = 240 kpc |
Notes. The analytic potential of each component is provided in the first column (ϕ(R)) along with its parameters in the second column. The last column provides the corresponding references.
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