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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…

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We examine the circular velocity profiles of galaxies in {\Lambda}CDM cosmological hydrodynamical simulations from the EAGLE and LOCAL GROUPS projects and compare them with a compilation of observed rotation curves of galaxies spanning a…

The cold dark matter model successfully describes the Universe on large scales, yet faces challenges at sub-galactic scales. Ultralight dark matter (ULDM), with particle masses around $10^{-22} \mathrm{eV}$, offers a promising solution to…

Warm Dark Matter (WDM) has been invoked to resolve apparent conflicts of Cold Dark Matter (CDM) models with observations on subgalactic scales. In this work we provide a new and independent lower limit for the WDM particle mass (e.g.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Miranda , A. V. Macciò

The number density of small dark matter (DM) halos hosting faint high-redshift galaxies is sensitive to the DM free-streaming properties. However, constraining these DM properties is complicated by degeneracies with the uncertain baryonic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-25 Anton Rudakovskyi , Andrei Mesinger , Denys Savchenko , Nicolas Gillet

If the dark matter is made of ultra-light axions, stable solitonic cores form at the centers of virialized halos. In some range for the mass $m$ of the axion particle, these cores are sufficiently compact and can mimic supermassive black…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-08 Vincent Desjacques , Adi Nusser

The compelling evidence for the detection of the stochastic gravitational wave background by NANOGrav imposes constraints on the mass of compact cores of ultralight dark matter, also known as "solitons", surrounding supermassive black holes…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-04 Mohammad Aghaie , Giovanni Armando , Alessandro Dondarini , Paolo Panci

We study the formation of dark halos in a $\Lambda$CDM universe under the assumption that Cold Dark Matter particles have a finite cross-section for elastic collisions. We compare evolution when CDM mean free paths are comparable to halo…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-18 Naoki Yoshida , Volker Springel , Simon D. M. White , Giuseppe Tormen

Wave dark matter ($\psi$DM) predicts a compact soliton core and a granular halo in every galaxy. This work presents the first simulation study of an elliptical galaxy by including both stars and $\psi$DM, focusing on the systematic changes…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-02 James H. H. Chan , Hsi-Yu Schive , Tak-Pong Woo , Tzihong Chiueh

In this paper we present strong evidence for a core in the density distribution of the dark halo around a (dwarf) galaxy. DDO 47 has a rotation curve that increases linearly from the first data point, at 300 pc, up to to the last one, at 5…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Salucci , F. Walter , A. Borriello

Dark-matter-dominated dwarf galaxies provide an excellent laboratory for testing dark matter models at small scale and, in particular, the ultralight dark matter (ULDM) class of models. Within the framework of self-interacting bosonic dark…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-02 K. Korshynska , E. V. Gorbar , Y. M. Bidasyuk , A. I. Yakimenko , Y. Revaz

We present numerical simulations of dark matter and stellar dynamics in ultra light dark matter halos tailored to mimic dwarf galaxies. An important effect we observe is the dynamical evolution of the stellar half-light radius and velocity…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-15 Luca Teodori , Andrea Caputo , Kfir Blum

The nature of dark matter remains one of the most profound mysteries in modern physics. In this work, we investigate the phenomenological implications of ultralight scalar dark matter (ULDM) coupled to neutrinos. We focus on a large…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-23 Luis A. Delgadillo , O. G. Miranda , Hiroshi Nunokawa

Ultralight dark matter simulations predict condensates with short-range correlation, known as solitons or boson stars, at the centers of dark matter halos. This paper investigates the formation and collapse of dark matter solitons…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-07-21 Jiajun Chen , Hong-Yi Zhang

Galactic rotation curves exhibit diverse behavior in the inner regions, while obeying an organizing principle, i.e., they can be approximately described by a radial acceleration relation or the Modified Newtonian Dynamics phenomenology. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-14 Tao Ren , Anna Kwa , Manoj Kaplinghat , Hai-Bo Yu

We present a simple technique to estimate mass-to-light (M/L) ratios of stellar populations based on two broadband photometry measurements, i.e. a color-M/L relation. We apply the color-M/L relation to galaxy rotation curves, using a large…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Roelof S. de Jong , Susan Kassin , Eric F. Bell , Stephane Courteau

We explore fundamental properties of the distribution of low mass dark matter halos within the cosmic web using warm dark matter (WDM) and cold dark matter (CDM) cosmological simulations. Using self abundance-matched mock galaxy catalogs,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-16 Darren S. Reed , Aurel Schneider , Robert E. Smith , Doug Potter , Joachim Stadel , Ben Moore

We model the shape and density profile of the dark matter halo of the low surface brightness, superthin galaxy UGC 7321, using the observed rotation curve and the HI scale height data as simultaneous constraints. We treat the galaxy as a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-28 Arunima Banerjee , Lynn D. Matthews , Chanda J. Jog

While the total interior mass of a galaxy is reasonably well determined by a good rotation curve, the relative contributions from disk, bulge and halo are only weakly constrained by one-dimensional data. Barred galaxies are intrinsically…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. A. Sellwood

We investigate the properties of the baryonic and the dark matter components in low surface brightness (LSB) disc galaxies, with central surface brightness in the B band $\mu_0 \geq 23 \, mag \, arcsec^{-2}$. The sample is composed by 72…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-10-02 Chiara Di Paolo , Paolo Salucci , Adnan Erkurt