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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 634, 期 2, 页码 L145-L148出版社
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/498939
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dark matter; galaxies : dwarf; galaxies : individual (DDO 47) galaxies : kinematics and dynamics
We present an analysis of high-resolution H I data of the dwarf galaxy DDO 47, aimed at testing the hypothesis that dark halo triaxiality might induce noncircular motions resulting in rotation curves best fitted by cored halos, even if the dark matter halo is intrinsically cuspy. This hypothesis could be invoked in order to reconcile the predictions of the standard Lambda CDM theory with the rotation curves of disk galaxies. DDO 47 is an ideal case to test this hypothesis because it has a very regular velocity field, its rotation curve is best fitted by a cored halo, and an NFW halo is inconsistent with the data. We analyze the velocity field through the higher order harmonic terms in order to search for kinematical signatures of alleged noncircular motions needed to hide a cusp: the result is that globally noncircular motions are at a level of 2 - 3 km s(-1), and they are more likely to be associated with the presence of some spiral structure than with a global elongated potential ( e. g., a triaxial halo). These noncircular motions are far from being sufficient to account for the discrepancy with the LCDM predictions. We therefore conclude that the dark matter halo around the dwarf galaxy DDO 47 is truly cored and that a cusp cannot be hidden by noncircular motions.
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