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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 788, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/788/1/27
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cosmology : theory; dark matter; Galaxy : structure; methods : numerical
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- MEXT HPCI STRATEGIC PROGRAM
- MEXT/JSPS KAKENHI [24740115]
- [hp120286]
- [hp130026]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [24740115] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The smallest dark matter halos are formed first in the early universe. According to recent studies, the central density cusp is much steeper in these halos than in larger halos and scales as rho proportional to r(-(1.5-1.3)). We present the results of very large cosmological N-body simulations of the hierarchical formation and evolution of halos over a wide mass range, beginning from the formation of the smallest halos. We confirmed early studies that the inner density cusps are steeper in halos at the free streaming scale. The cusp slope gradually becomes shallower as the halo mass increases. The slope of halos 50 times more massive than the smallest halo is approximately -1.3. No strong correlation exists between the inner slope and the collapse epoch. The cusp slope of halos above the free streaming scale seems to be reduced primarily due to major merger processes. The concentration, estimated at the present universe, is predicted to be 60-70, consistent with theoretical models and earlier simulations, and ruling out simple power law mass-concentration relations. Microhalos could still exist in the present universe with the same steep density profiles.
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