English

The Core-Cusp Problem

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2015-05-14 v1

Abstract

This paper gives an overview of the attempts to determine the distribution of dark matter in low surface brightness disk and gas-rich dwarf galaxies, both through observations and computer simulations. Observations seem to indicate an approximately constant dark matter density in the inner parts of galaxies, while cosmological computer simulations indicate a steep power-law-like behaviour. This difference has become known as the "core/cusp problem", and remains one of the unsolved problems in small-scale cosmology.

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@article{arxiv.0910.3538,
  title  = {The Core-Cusp Problem},
  author = {W. J. G. de Blok},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.3538},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Accepted for "Dwarf Galaxy Cosmology" special issue of Advances in Astrophysics

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