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The Dark Matter Halo Density Profile, Spiral Arm Morphology, and Supermassive Black Hole Mass of M33

2011/01/01 by Marc S. Seigar
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.CO

paper · pdf · doi:10.5402/2011/725697

18 pages, accepted for publication

openalex publication_date 2011/01/01 · arxiv created 2011/03/16 · arxiv updated 2011/05/09 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We investigate the dark matter halo density profile of M33. We find that the H I rotation curve of M33 is best described by an NFW dark matter halo density profile model, with a halo concentration of and a virial mass of . We go on to use the NFW concentration of M33, along with the values derived for other galaxies (as found in the literature), to show that correlates with both spiral arm pitch angle and supermassive black hole mass.

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