scholarly journals Constraints on the Structure of Dark Matter Halos from the Rotation Curves of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

2000 ◽  
Vol 119 (4) ◽  
pp. 1579-1591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank C. van den Bosch ◽  
Brant E. Robertson ◽  
Julianne J. Dalcanton ◽  
W. J. G. de Blok
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Dark Matter Halos ◽  
Rotation Curves ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

scholarly journals The universal rotation curve of low surface brightness galaxies – IV. The interrelation between dark and luminous matter

2019 ◽  
Vol 490 (4) ◽  
pp. 5451-5477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Di Paolo ◽  
Paolo Salucci ◽  
Adnan Erkurt
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Rotation Curve ◽  
High Surface ◽  
Dark Matter Halo ◽  
Rotation Curves ◽  
Central Surface ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
Low Surface Brightness Galaxies ◽  
Lsb Galaxies

ABSTRACT 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 $\mu _0 \ge 23 \, \mathrm{mag \, arcsec}^{-2}$. The sample is composed of 72 objects, whose rotation curves show an orderly trend reflecting the idea of a universal rotation curve (URC) similar to that found in the local high surface brightness (HSB) spirals in previous works. This curve relies on the mass modelling of the co-added rotation curves, involving the contribution from an exponential stellar disc and a Burkert cored dark matter halo. We find that the dark matter is dominant especially within the smallest and less luminous LSB galaxies. Dark matter haloes have a central surface density $\Sigma _0 \sim 100 \, \mathrm{M}_{\odot } \, \mathrm{pc}^{-2}$, similar to galaxies of different Hubble types and luminosities. We find various scaling relations among the LSBs structural properties which turn out to be similar but not identical to what has been found in HSB spirals. In addition, the investigation of these objects calls for the introduction of a new luminous parameter, the stellar compactness C* (analogously to a recent work by Karukes & Salucci), alongside the optical radius and the optical velocity in order to reproduce the URC. Furthermore, a mysterious entanglement between the properties of the luminous and the dark matter emerges.

scholarly journals The dark matter halos of the bluest low surface brightness galaxies

2006 ◽  
Vol 452 (3) ◽  
pp. 857-868 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Zackrisson ◽  
N. Bergvall ◽  
T. Marquart ◽  
G. Östlin
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Dark Matter Halos ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

scholarly journals The Central Dynamics of Blue Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

2004 ◽  
Vol 220 ◽  
pp. 335-336
Author(s):  
Erik Zackrisson ◽  
Nils Bergvall
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Density Profile ◽  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Central Density ◽  
Disk Galaxies ◽  
Rotation Curves ◽  
Central Surface ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

We use optical, long-slit rotation curves to derive the slope of the central density profile in three blue disk galaxies with very faint central surface brightness values. We find the result to be in conflict with current cold dark matter predictions and to lend further support for pseudo-isothermal spheres as superior models for the dark halos of galaxies.

scholarly journals Kinematics of Giant Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

1999 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. 214-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.E. Pickering
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Dwarf Galaxies ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Disk Galaxies ◽  
Optical Surface ◽  
Rotation Curves ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
Low Surface Brightness Galaxies ◽  
Dynamical Masses

AbstractHigh sensitivity H I observations now exist for six giant low surface brightness (LSB) disk galaxies including the two prototypes, Malin 1 (Bothun et al. 1987; Impey & Bothun 1989) and F568-6 (also known as Malin 2; Bothun et al. 1990). Their H I surface brightnesses are generally low, but proportionally not as low as their optical surface brightnesses. Their total H I masses and radial extents are quite large, however, with MHI ∼ 1010M⊙h−275 and with detectable H I out to 100 kpc h−175 or more in a couple of cases. The rotation curves of these systems rise slowly and are consistent with negligible disk contribution, similar to many previously observed dwarf galaxies. However, the peak rotation velocities of these galaxies are high (>200 km s−1) and infer high dynamical masses. These galaxies provide the some of the first examples of galaxies that are both massive and dark matter dominated.

scholarly journals Properties of Dark Matter Halos in Disk Galaxies

2004 ◽  
Vol 220 ◽  
pp. 281-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roelof S. de Jong ◽  
Susan Kassin ◽  
Eric F. Bell ◽  
Stéphane Courteau
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Momentum Distribution ◽  
Surface Brightness ◽  
High Surface ◽  
Large Set ◽  
Dark Matter Halos ◽  
Rotation Curves ◽  
Galaxy Assembly ◽  
Adiabatic Contraction

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 colour-M/L relation. We apply the colour-M/L relation to galaxy rotation curves, using a large set of galaxies that span a great range in Hubble type, luminosity and scale size and that have accurately measured HI and/or Hα rotation curves. Using the colour-M/L relation, we construct stellar mass models of the galaxies and derive the dark matter contribution to the rotation curves.We compare our dark matter rotation curves with adiabatically contracted Navarro, Frenk, & White (1997, NFW hereafter) dark matter halos. We find that before adiabatic contraction most high surface brightness galaxies and some low surface brightness galaxies are well fit by a NFW dark matter profile. However, after adiabatic contraction, most galaxies are poorly fit in the central few kpc. the observed angular momentum distribution in the baryonic component is poorly matched by ACDM model predictions, indicating that the angular momentum distribution is not conserved during the galaxy assembly process. We find that in most galaxies the dark matter distribution can be derived by scaling up the HI gas contribution. However, we find no consistent value for the scaling factor among all the galaxies.

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