Further evidence for a population of dark-matter-deficient dwarf galaxies
Further evidence for a population of dark-matter-deficient dwarf galaxies
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缺乏暗物质的矮星系群体的进一步证据
DOI:
10.1038/s41550-019-0930-9
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发表时间:
2020
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影响因子:
14.1
通讯作者:
Hong Wu
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作者:
Qi Guo;Huijie Hu;Zheng Zheng;Shihong Liao;Wei Du;Shude Mao;Linhua Jiang;Jing Wang;Yingjie Peng;Liang Gao;Jie Wang;Hong Wu
In the standard cosmological model, dark matter drives the structure formation of galaxies and constructs potential wells within which galaxies may form. The baryon fraction in dark halos can reach the Universal value (15.7%) in massive clusters and decreases rapidly as the mass of the system decreases,. The formation of dwarf galaxies is sensitive both to baryonic processes and the properties of dark matter owing to the shallow potential wells in which they form. In dwarf galaxies in the Local Group, dark matter dominates the mass content even within their optical-light half-radii (re≈ 1 kpc),. However, recently it has been argued that not all dwarf galaxies are dominated by dark matter, –. Here we report 19 dwarf galaxies that could consist mainly of baryons up to radii well beyondre, at which point they are expected to be dominated by dark matter. Of these, 14 are isolated dwarf galaxies, free from the influence of nearby bright galaxies and high-density environments. This result provides observational evidence that could challenge the formation theory of low-mass galaxies within the framework of standard cosmology. Further observations, in particular deep imaging and spatially resolved kinematics, are needed to constrain the baryon fraction better in such galaxies.