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We investigate the dark matter profile of the Milky Way using the observed rotation curve data out to 100 kpc. The baryonic matter of the Milky Way is divided into bulge, disk and gas components, and each component is modelled using various…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-19 Hai-Nan Lin , Xin Li

We present new HI observations of the nearby dwarf galaxy NGC 3741. This galaxy has an extremely extended HI disk, which allows us to trace the rotation curve out to unprecedented distances in terms of the optical disk: we reach 42 B-band…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 G. Gentile , P. Salucci , U. Klein , G. L. Granato

The rotation velocity profiles of galaxies (rotation curves) remain unexpectedly flat at large distances, where visible matter alone should make the rotation velocity decrease with radius. Conventionally, this requires a large amount of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-12 Kento Kamada

We have obtained ~100 pc resolution CO and ~60 pc resolution Halpha observations of the dwarf spiral galaxy NGC 4605. We use them to derive a high resolution rotation curve and study the central density profile of NGC 4605's dark matter…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Alberto D. Bolatto , Joshua D. Simon , Adam Leroy , Leo Blitz

We conducted an analysis of the velocity field of dwarf galaxies in the LITTLE THINGS sample, focusing on deriving 2D velocity maps that encompass both the transverse and radial velocity fields. Within the range of radial distances where…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-22 Francesco Sylos Labini , Roberto Capuzzo-Dolcetta , Giordano De Marzo , Matteo Straccamore

In the standard cosmological model, dark matter drives the structure formation and constructs potential wells within which galaxies may form. The baryon fraction in dark halos can reach the universal value (15.7%) in massive clusters and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-12-05 Qi Guo , Huijie Hu , Zheng Zheng , Shihong Liao , Wei Du , Shude Mao , Linhua Jiang , Jing Wang , Yingjie Peng , Liang Gao , Jie Wang , Hong Wu

Mass models for a sample of 18 late-type dwarf and low surface brightness galaxies show that in almost all cases the contribution of the stellar disks to the rotation curves can be scaled to explain most of the observed rotation curves out…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 R. A. Swaters , R. Sancisi , T. S. van Albada , J. M. van der Hulst

The standard theory of galaxy formation predicts that all galaxies should contain dark matter, yet a handful of recently discovered galaxies appear to lack it, challenging our understanding of galaxy formation. We investigate whether such…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-13 Michal Bílek

We establish the presence of a dark matter core radius, for the first time in a very large number of spiral galaxies of all luminosities. Contrary to common opinion we find that the sizes of these cores and the " DM core problem" are bigger…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Paolo Salucci , Andreas Burkert

Observations of the baryon to dark matter fraction in galaxies through cosmic time are a fundamental test for galaxy formation models. Recent observational studies have suggested that some disk galaxies at $z>1$ host declining rotation…

Dwarf spiral galaxies - and in particular the prototypical DDO 154 - are known to be completely dominated by an unseen component. The putative neutralinos - so far the favored explanation for the astronomical dark matter - fail to reproduce…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Alexandre Arbey , Julien Lesgourgues , Pierre Salati

We present the analysis of 23 published rotation curves of disk galaxies belonging to the Ursa Major group of galaxies, with kinematics free of irregularities. The rotation curves are analysed in the context of MOND (Modified Newtonian…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. Gentile , H. S. Zhao , B. Famaey

We investigate the possibility that the observed rotation of galaxies can be accounted for by invoking a massive baryonic disc with no need for non-baryonic dark matter or a massive halo. There are 5 primary reasons for suggesting this: 1.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-04-23 Jonathan Davies

We analyze Ha or CO rotation curves (RCs) extending out to several galaxy effective radii for 100 massive, large, star-forming disk galaxies (SFGs) across the peak of cosmic galaxy star formation (z~0.6-2.5), more than doubling the previous…

We present high-accuracy rotation curves, which show a steep nuclear rise and high-velocity central rotation, followed by a broad maximum in the disk and flat part. We use the rotation curves to directly calculate the radial distribution of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yoshiaki Sofue

We confirm and extend the recent finding that the central surface density r_0*rho_0 galaxy dark matter halos, where r_0 and rho_0 are the halo core radius and central density, is nearly constant and independent of galaxy luminosity. Based…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 F. Donato , G. Gentile , P. Salucci , C. Frigerio Martins , M. I. Wilkinson , G. Gilmore , E. K. Grebel , A. Koch , R. Wyse

The structure and dark matter halo core properties of dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) are investigated. A double-isothermal model of an isothermal stellar system, embedded in an isothermal dark halo core provides an excellent fit to the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Andreas Burkert

Collisionless particles, such as cold dark matter, interact only by gravity and do not have any associated length scale, therefore the dark halos of galaxies should have negligible core radii. This expectation has been supported by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 Ben Moore

Recent measurements of gas velocity in the outer parts of high redshift galaxies suggest that steeply falling rotation curves may be common, or even universal, in these galaxies, in contrast to the near universal flat, non-declining…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-24 Alistair H. Nelson , Peter R. Williams

The distribution of dark matter in the inner regions of galaxies poses a key challenge for small-scale {\Lambda}CDM cosmology. While cold dark matter simulations predict cuspy inner density profiles, observations of low surface brightness…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-09 Sougata Sarkar , Prerana Biswas , Veselina Kalinova , Nirupam Roy , Narendra Nath Patra , Sushma Kurapati