On the structure and nature of dark matter halos

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dc.creatorBurkert, Andreas
dc.creatorSilk, Joseph
dc.date1999-04-13
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:31:12Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:31:12Z
dc.descriptionThe structure of dark matter halos as predicted from cosmological models is discussed and compared with observed rotation curves of dark matter-dominated dwarf galaxies. The theoretical models predict that dark matter halos represent a one-parameter family with a universal density profile. Observations of dark matter-dominated rotation curves indeed confirm the universal structure of dark halos. They are even in excellent agreement with the expected mass-radius scaling relations for the currently favoured cosmological model (standard cold dark matter with Omega_0=0.25 and Omega_{Lambda}=0.75). The rotation profiles however disagree with the predicted dark matter density distributions. Secular processes which might affect the inner halo structure do not seem to provide a good solution to this problem. We discuss, as an alternative, the possibility that dark halos consist of two separate components, a dark baryonic and a dark non-baryonic component.
dc.description12 pages, Latex-file, 3 postscript files. To appear in proceedings of the second international conference on "Dark matter in astro and particle physics", ed. H.V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9904159
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9904159
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/14077
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleOn the structure and nature of dark matter halos
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