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    SPA6311 Physical Cosmology, Spring 2017: Exercise Sheet 6 Dr. K. Malik

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    This document provides an exercise sheet for a physical cosmology course. It includes 3 questions asking students to: 1) Explain evidence for dark matter and list possible dark matter candidates. 2) Calculate the rotation curve for a galaxy with a spherically symmetric density profile. 3) Derive the rotation curve formula for a Navarro-Frenk-White dark matter density profile and examine the limits of the density and rotation curve as radius approaches the scale radius.

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    SPA6311 Physical Cosmology, Spring 2017

    Exercise sheet 6 Dr. K. Malik

    These questions are designed to help you understand the material covered in the lectures.
    Exercise sheets will typically be made available online on Wednesday. Please hand the
    solutions in by the following Thursday, 1400. Put your full name and student number on
    the top of your solutions.

    1. a) Explain briefly why we think that there is dark matter in the universe today (gi-
    ve three pieces of evidence). Give three possible candidates for dark matter, stating
    whether they are CDM or HDM, baryonic or non-baryonic.

    b) Besides dark matter and dark energy, what other forms of matter are there in
    the universe today? Give an example for each form of matter.
    [30 pts.]

    2. The spherically symmetric density profile of a galaxy is approximated by ρ(r) = ρ0


    for r < R (where ρ0 is a constant), and ρ(r) = 0 for r > R. Calculate the rotation
    curve, v(r), for r > R.
    [30 pts.]

    3. The dark matter halos which form in numerical simulations have density profiles,
    ρ(r), which are well approximated by a Navarro Frenk White (NFW) profile
    ρ0
    ρ(r) =    2 ,
    r r
    rs
    1+ rs

    where rs , is the scale radius, the radius at which d ln ρ/d ln r = −2.


    Show that in this case the rotation curve, v(r), has the form:
        r + r 1/2
    2 rs s r
    v(r) = 4πGρ0 rs ln − .
    r rs rs + r

    How do ρ(r) and v(r) behave in the limit r  rs ?


    [ 40 pts.]
    Talking points:
    • What happened at t = 0 (t being time)?

    • Why do we prefer cold to hot dark matter, usually?

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