Bar-Induced Evolution of Dark Matter Cusps

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2003-06-18

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0306374v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.363:991-1007,2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

28 pages, 21 figures. Submitted to MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09501.x

The evolution of a stellar bar transforms not only the galactic disk, but also the host dark matter halo. We present high resolution, fully self-consistent N-body simulations that clearly demonstrate that dark matter halo central density cusps flatten as the bar torques the halo. This effect is independent of the bar formation mode and occurs even for rather short bars. The halo and bar evolution is mediated by resonant interactions between orbits in the halo and the bar pattern speed, as predicted by linear Hamiltonian perturbation theory. The bar lengthens and slows as it loses angular momentum, a process that occurs even in rather warm disks. We demonstrate that the bar and halo response can be critically underestimated for experiments that are unable to resolve the relevant resonant dynamics; this occurs when the phase space in the resonant region is under sampled or plagued by noise.

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