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Navarro-Frenk-White profile: a standalone construct

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Cosmology

a universal density profile of cold dark matter halos found in simulations, falling steeply at large radius and as an inverse power near the center.

In cosmology, Navarro-Frenk-White profile refers to a universal density profile of cold dark matter halos found in simulations, falling steeply at large radius and as an inverse power near the center. This meaning comes from Navarro (1996) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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References

Navarro, J. F., Frenk, C. S., & White, S. D. M. (1996). The Structure of Cold Dark Matter Halos. The Astrophysical Journal, 462, 563. https://doi.org/10.1086/177173

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