# Dark matter cores all the way down

@article{Read2016DarkMC,
title={Dark matter cores all the way down},
author={Justin I Read and Oscar Agertz and Michelle L M Collins},
journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
year={2016},
volume={459},
pages={2573-2590}
}
• Published 17 August 2015
• Physics
• Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
We use high-resolution simulations of isolated dwarf galaxies to study the physics of dark matter cusp-core transformations at the edge of galaxy formation: M200 = 107-109 M⊙. We work at a resolution (~4 pc minimum cell size; ~250 M⊙ per particle) at which the impact from individual supernovae explosions can be resolved, becoming insensitive to even large changes in our numerical 'sub-grid' parameters. We find that our dwarf galaxies give a remarkable match to the stellar light profile; star…
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