Jun 2 – 6, 2025
Santander, Spain
Europe/Madrid timezone

The Dark Matter distribution in the Milky Way and external galaxies

Jun 3, 2025, 6:00 PM
20m
Santander, Spain

Santander, Spain

Gran Hotel Victoria C. María Luisa Pelayo, 38 39005 Santander Cantabria, Spain
Contributed Talk Galaxies, Dynamics and Cosmology Tuesday Afternoon II

Speaker

Fabio Iocco (Università di Napoli "Federico II")

Description

In the first part of this talk, I will discuss the impact of Gaia data on determining the dark matter distribution of our host galaxy, the Milky Way, presenting state-of-the-art results based on the latest data within a framework that has been tested over the past decade.

In the second part, I will introduce a recently developed machine learning method designed to infer the dark matter distribution in external galaxies. I will highlight how algorithms trained on synthetic galaxies within cosmological simulations can achieve a high level of accuracy, potentially providing a viable alternative to the traditional Rotation Curve method.

Author

Fabio Iocco (Università di Napoli "Federico II")

Presentation materials