Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-03-20
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
14 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20054196
We present BVI photometry and long-slit Halpha rotation curve data obtained with ESO VLT/FORS2 for six low surface brightness galaxies with extremely blue colours and very faint central regions. We find no evidence for a steep central density cusp of the type predicted by many N-body simulations of cold dark matter (CDM) halos. Our observations are instead consistent with dark matter halos characterized by cores of roughly constant density, in agreement with previous investigations. While unremarkable in terms of the central density slope, these galaxies appear very challenging for existing CDM halo models in terms of average central halo density, as measured by the Delta_(V/2) parameter. Since most of our target galaxies are bulgeless disks, our observations also disfavour a recently suggested mechanism for lowering the central mass concentration of the halo by means of a fast collapse phase, as this scenario predicts that the original CDM profile should still be detectable in bulgeless galaxies. Other potential ways of reconciling the CDM predictions with these observations are discussed.
Bergvall Nils
Marquart Thomas
Ostlin Goeran
Zackrisson Erik
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