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Total Authors: 4
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Sao Paulo, IAG, BR-05508900 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Tokyo, IPMU, Kashiwa, Chiba 2778583 - Japan
Total Affiliations: 2
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; v. 415, n. 3, p. 2969-2973, AUG 2011. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 30 |
| Abstract | |
Some observations of galaxies, and in particular dwarf galaxies, indicate a presence of cored density profiles in apparent contradiction with cusp profiles predicted by dark matter N-body simulations. We constructed an analytical model, using particle distribution functions (DFs), to show how a supernova (SN) explosion can transform a cusp density profile in a small-mass dark matter halo into a cored one. Considering the fact that an SN efficiently removes matter from the centre of the first haloes, we study the effect of mass removal through an SN perturbation in the DFs. We find that the transformation from a cusp into a cored profile occurs even for changes as small as 0.5 per cent of the total energy of the halo, which can be produced by the expulsion of matter caused by a single SN explosion. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 06/56213-9 - New physics from space: formation and evolution of structures in the universe |
| Grantee: | Claudia Lucia Mendes de Oliveira |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |