The real and apparent convergence of N-body simulations of the dark matter structures: Is the Navarro-Frenk-White profile real?

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 62, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-53

  Baushev, A N ^a,b  

^a DESY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmology; Dark matter; Dwarf galaxies; Singularities

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; GALAXIES;

ANALYTICAL ESTIMATIONS; ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION; COLLISIONAL RELAXATION; DARK MATTER; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; DWARF GALAXIES; NUMERICAL PARAMETERS; SINGULARITIES; N-BODY SIMULATION;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; COSMOLOGY;

EID: 84906508330     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2014.07.012     Document Type: Article

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