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THE DISKMASS SURVEY. II. ERROR BUDGET

THE DISKMASS SURVEY. II. ERROR BUDGET

We present a performance analysis of the DiskMass Survey. The survey uses collisionless tracers in the form of disk stars to measure the surface-density of spiral disks, to provide an absolute calibration of the stellar mass-to-light ratio, and to yield robust estimates of the dark-matter halo density profile in the …