On the non universality of surface density of galaxies

We studied the correlation between the central surface density of dark matter haloes and the halo core radius of galaxy and galaxy recently studied on a wide range of scales. For this aim we used the secondary infall model, that we previously published, to get the halo density profile taking into ac...

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Date:2012
Main Author: Del Popolo, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Головна астрономічна обсерваторія НАН України 2012
Series:Advances in Astronomy and Space Physics
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Journal Title:Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Cite this:On the non universality of surface density of galaxies / A. Del Popolo // Advances in Astronomy and Space Physics. — 2012. — Т. 2., вип. 1. — С. 53-55. — Бібліогр.: 12 назв. — англ.

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Summary:We studied the correlation between the central surface density of dark matter haloes and the halo core radius of galaxy and galaxy recently studied on a wide range of scales. For this aim we used the secondary infall model, that we previously published, to get the halo density profile taking into account the effect of ordered and random angular momentum, dynamical friction, and adiabatic contraction of the dark matter due to the baryons collapse. We found that the column density within the halo characteristic radius r ͙ is not a universal quantity as claimed by other authors, but it correlates with the halo mass M₂₀₀. The scatter in the slope of the S − M relation is 0.16 ± 0.05, leaving small room for the possibility of a constant surface density.