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Tidal Tails and the Shape of the Dark Matter Halo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2013

Geraint F. Lewis  and
Rodrigo A. Ibata
Geraint F. Lewis*
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia
Rodrigo A. Ibata
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Strasbourg, 6700 Strasbourg, France
*
CCorresponding author. Email: gfl@physics.usyd.edu.au
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Abstract

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Cold dark matter cosmologies successfully accounts for the distribution of matter on large scales. On smaller scales, these cosmological models predict that galaxies like our own Milky Way should be enveloped in massive dark matter halos. Furthermore, these halos should be significantly flattened or even triaxial. Recent observational evidence, drawn from the demise of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy as it is cannibalized by our own, indicates that the potential of the Milky Way must be close to spherical. While the precise interpretation of the observational evidence is under debate, an apparently spherical halo may signify a pronounced failing of dark matter models, and may even indicate a failure in our fundamental understanding of gravity.

Keywords

cosmology: theory, dark mattergalaxies: halosGalaxy: formation, halo
Type
Gravity Workshop 2004
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 22 , Issue 3: Featuring Gravity Workshop 2004 , 2005 , pp. 190 - 194
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 2005

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