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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 468, Issue 1, Pages 147-153Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx429
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galaxies: individual: M33; galaxies: ISM; galaxies: kinematics and dynamics dark matter
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The stellar and gaseous mass distributions, as well as the extended rotation curve, in the nearby galaxy M33 are used to derive the radial distribution of dark matter density in the halo and to test cosmological models of galaxy formation and evolution. Two methods are examined to constrain the darkmass density profiles. The first method deals directly with fitting the rotation curve data in the range of galactocentric distances 0.24 <= r <= 22.72 kpc. Using the results of collisionless Lambda cold dark matter numerical simulations, we confirm that the Navarro-Frenkel-White (NFW) dark matter profile provides a better fit to the rotation curve data than the cored Burkert profile (BRK) profile. The second method relies on the local equation of centrifugal equilibrium and on the rotation curve slope. In the aforementioned range of distances, we fit the observed velocity profile, using a function that has a rational dependence on the radius, and we derive the slope of the rotation curve. Then, we infer the effective matter densities. In the radial range 9.53 <= r <= 22.72 kpc, the uncertainties induced by the luminous matter (stars and gas) become negligible, because the dark matter density dominates, and we can determine locally the radial distribution of dark matter. With this second method, we tested the NFW and BRK dark matter profiles and we can confirm that both profiles are compatible with the data, even though in this case the cored BRK density profile provides a more reasonable value for the baryonic-to-dark matter ratio.
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