HUBBLE DEEP FIELD CONSTRAINT ON BARYONIC DARK-MATTER

Authors
FLYNN C GOULD A BAHCALL JN
Citation
C. Flynn et al., HUBBLE DEEP FIELD CONSTRAINT ON BARYONIC DARK-MATTER, The Astrophysical journal, 466(2), 1996, pp. 55-58
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
The Astrophysical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
0004637X
Volume
466
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Part
2
Pages
55 - 58
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-637X(1996)466:2<55:HDFCOB>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We use a new technique to search for faint red stars in the Hubble dee p field. We distinguish unambiguously between stars and galaxies to I = 26.3. Our results place strong and general constraints on the I-band luminosity of the constituents of the Galactic dark halo.