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H alpha rotation curves of Low Surface Brightness galaxies

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 نشر من قبل Erwin de Blok
 تاريخ النشر 2002
  مجال البحث فيزياء
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We present high-resolution rotation curves of a sample of 26 low surface brightness galaxies. From these curves we derive mass distributions using a variety of assumptions for the stellar mass-to-light ratio. We show that the predictions of current Cold Dark Matter models for the density profiles of dark matter halos are inconsistent with the observed curves. The latter indicate a core-dominated structure, rather than the theoretically preferred cuspy structure.

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