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arxiv: 0911.3396 · v2 · submitted 2009-11-18 · 🌌 astro-ph.CO · astro-ph.GA· hep-th

Universal properties of Dark Matter halos

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keywords lambdacdmuniversaldarkhalosmattermodelrelationaffect
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We discuss the universal relation between density and size of observed Dark Matter halos that was recently shown to hold on a wide range of scales, from dwarf galaxies to galaxy clusters. Predictions of LambdaCDM N-body simulations are consistent with this relation. We demonstrate that this property of LambdaCDM can be understood analytically in the secondary infall model. Qualitative understanding given by this model provides a new way to predict which deviations from LambdaCDM or large-scale modifications of gravity can affect universal behavior and, therefore, to constrain them observationally.

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