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Distribution Function of Dark Matter with Constant Anisotropy

Astrophysics 2009-06-23 v2

Abstract

N-body simulations of dark matter halos show that the density is cusped near the center of the halo. The density profile behaves as rγr^{-\gamma} in the inner parts, where γ1\gamma \simeq 1 for the NFW model and γ1.5\gamma \simeq 1.5 for the Moore's model, but in the outer parts, both models agree with each other in the asymptotic behavior of the density profile. The simulations also show the information about anisotropy parameter β(r)\beta(r) of velocity distribution. β0\beta\approx 0 in the inner part and β0.5\beta\approx 0.5 (radially anisotropic) in the outer part of the halo. We provide some distribution functions F(E,L)F(E,L) with the constant anisotropy parameter β\beta for the two spherical models of dark matter halos: a new generalized NFW model and a generalized Moore model. There are two parameters α\alpha and ϵ\epsilon for those two generalized models to determine the asymptotic behavior of the density profile. In this paper, we concentrate on the situation of β(r)=1/2\beta(r)=1/2 from the viewpoint of the simulation.

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@article{arxiv.0803.1431,
  title  = {Distribution Function of Dark Matter with Constant Anisotropy},
  author = {Ding Ma and Ping He},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.1431},
  year   = {2009}
}

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11 pages, accepted for publication in Int. J. Mod. Phys. D, add a quotation

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