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The longstanding cusp-core problem--the discrepancy between the steep central density cusps predicted by cold dark matter (DM) simulations and certain shallow cores observed in dwarf galaxies, in particular the associated diversity of inner…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-05 Yifei Yang , Weikang Lin

We derive inner dark matter halo density profiles for a sample of 165 low-mass galaxies using rotation curves obtained from high-quality, long-slit optical spectra assuming minimal disks and spherical symmetry. For $\rho(r) \sim…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Kristine Spekkens , Riccardo Giovanelli , Martha P. Haynes

We use $\Lambda$CDM cosmological hydrodynamical simulations to explore the kinematics of gaseous discs in late-type dwarf galaxies. We create high-resolution 21-cm 'observations' of simulated dwarfs produced in two variations of the EAGLE…

We make a direct comparison of the derived dark matter (DM) distributions between hydrodynamical simulations of dwarf galaxies assuming a LCDM cosmology and the observed dwarf galaxies sample from the THINGS survey in terms of (1) the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Se-Heon Oh , Chris Brook , Fabio Governato , Elias Brinks , Lucio Mayer , W. J. G. de Blok , Alyson Brooks , Fabian Walter

The disparity between the density profiles of galactic dark matter haloes predicted by dark matter only cosmological simulations and those inferred from rotation curve decomposition, the so-called cusp-core problem, suggests that baryonic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Peter R Hague , Mark I Wilkinson

We use 31 simulated galaxies from the MaGICC project to investigate the effects of baryonic feedback on the density profiles of dark matter (DM) haloes. The sample covers a wide mass range: 9.4e9<Mhalo/Msun<7.8e11, hosting galaxies with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Arianna Di Cintio , Chris B. Brook , Andrea V. Maccio , Greg S. Stinson , Alexander Knebe , Aaron A. Dutton , James Wadsley

We examine the formation of dark matter (DM) cores in dwarf galaxies simulated with the EAGLE model of galaxy formation. As in earlier work, we find that the star formation (SF) gas density threshold ($\rho_{\rm th}$) plays a critical role.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-26 Alejandro Benitez-Llambay , Carlos S. Frenk , Aaron D. Ludlow , Julio F. Navarro

The existence of cuspy or cored centers of dark matter halos is a crucial discriminant between different dark matter models. It has recently been claimed based on dynamical arguments that perfectly cored stellar systems cannot survive…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-13 Jenni Häkkinen , Alexander Rawlings , Till Sawala , Matthew G. Walker

Dark matter-dominated cores have long been claimed for the well-studied local group dwarf galaxies. More recently, extended stellar halos have been uncovered around several of these dwarfs through deeper imaging and spectroscopy. Such…

The cusp-core problem is one of the main challenges of the cold dark matter paradigm on small scales: the density of a dark matter halo is predicted to rise rapidly toward the center as rho ~ r^alpha with alpha between -1 and -1.5, while…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-10 Yong Shi , Zhi-Yu Zhang , Junzhi Wang , Jianhang Chen , Qiusheng Gu , Xiaoling Yu , Songlin Li

We present ultra-high resolution cosmological hydrodynamic simulations of $M_*\simeq10^{4-6.3}M_{\odot}$ dwarf galaxies that form within $M_{v}=10^{9.5-10}M_{\odot}$ dark matter halos. Our simulations rely on the FIRE implementation of star…

We performed a series of high-resolution $N$-body simulations to examine whether dark matter candidates in the form of primordial black holes (PBHs) can solve the cusp-core problem in low-mass dwarf galaxies. If some fraction of the dark…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-05 Pierre Boldrini , Yohei Miki , Alexander Y. Wagner , Roya Mohayaee , Joseph Silk , Alexandre Arbey

We derive inner dark matter halo density profile slopes for a sample of 200 dwarf galaxies by inverting rotation curves obtained from high-quality, long-slit optical spectra. Using simulations to assess the impact of long-slit observing and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Spekkens , R. Giovanelli

Cosmological simulations of the $\Lambda$CDM model suggest that the dark matter halos of dwarf galaxies are denser in their center than what observational data of such galaxies imply. In this letter, we propose a novel solution to this…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-07-18 Xiaoyong Chu , Camilo Garcia-Cely

In this paper we examine the effect of the formation and evolution of the disk galaxy on the distribution of dark halo matter. We have made simulations of isolated dark matter (DM) halo and two component (DM + baryons). N-body technique was…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 S. A. Khoperskov , B. M. Shustov , A. V. Khoperskov

A clear prediction of the Cold Dark Matter model is the existence of cuspy dark matter halo density profiles on all mass scales. This is not in agreement with the observed rotation curves of spiral galaxies, challenging on small scales the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Andrea V. Maccio' , Greg Stinson , Chris B. Brook , James Wadsley , H. M. P. Couchman , Sijing Shen , Brad K. Gibson , Tom Quinn

Motivated by the observation of extended stellar cores in dark matter (DM) dominated dwarf galaxies, this study investigates a simple mechanism by which stellar cores can form as a result of DM halo expansion. Several non-CDM models predict…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-22 Jorge Sanchez Almeida , Angel R. Plastino , Ignacio Trujillo

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…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 W. J. G. de Blok

Cusp-core problem is a controversial problem on galactic dark matter haloes. Cosmological N-body simulations has demonstrated that galactic dark matter haloes have a cuspy density profile at the centre. However, baryonic physics may affect…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Shigeki Inoue , Takayuki R. Saitoh

We consider the problem of determining the structure of the dark halo of nearby dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) from the spherical Jeans equations. Whether the dark halos are cusped or cored at the centre is an important strategic problem…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 N. W. Evans , J. An , M. G. Walker