Predictably missing satellites: subhalo abundances in Milky Way-like haloes

@article{Fielder2018PredictablyMS,
  title={Predictably missing satellites: subhalo abundances in Milky Way-like haloes},
  author={Catherine E. Fielder and Yao-Yuan Mao and Jeffrey A. Newman and Andrew R. Zentner and Timothy C. Licquia},
  journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
  year={2018}
}
On small scales there have been a number of claims of discrepancies between the standard cold dark matter (CDM) model and observations. The ‘missing satellites problem’ infamously describes the overabundance of subhaloes from CDM simulations compared to the number of satellites observed in the Milky Way. A variety of solutions to this discrepancy have been proposed; however, the impact of the specific properties of the Milky Way halo relative to the typical halo of its mass has yet to be… 
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