Polytropic spheres modelling dark matter halos of dwarf galaxies

Abstract

Dwarf galaxies and their dark matter (DM) halos have the velocity curves of a different character than those in large galaxies. They are modelled by a simple pseudo iso-thermal model containing only two parameters that do not allow to obtain insight into physics of the DM halo. We would like to obtain some insight into the physical conditions in DM halos of dwarf galaxies by using a simple physically based model of DM halos. In order to treat a diversity of the dwarf galaxy velocity profiles in a unifying framework, we apply the polytropic spheres characterised by the polytropic index $n$ and the relativistic parameter $\sigma$ as a model of dwarf-galaxy DM halos and match the velocity of circular geodesics of the polytropes to the velocity curves observed in the dwarf galaxies from the LITTLE THINGS ensemble. We introduce three classes of the LITTLE THINGS dwarf galaxies in accord with the polytrope models, due to the different character of the velocity profile. The first class corresponds to polytropes having $n<1$ with linearly increasing velocity along with the whole profile, the second class has $1<n<2$ and the velocity profile becomes flat in the external region, the third class has $n>2$ and the velocity profile reaches a maximum and demonstrated a decline in the external region. The $\sigma$ parameter has to be strongly non-relativistic ($\sigma <10^{-8}$) for all dwarf galaxy models -- it varies for the models of each class, but these variations have a negligible influence on the character of the velocity profile. Our results indicate the possibility that at least two different kinds of dark matter are behind the composition of DM halos. The matches of the observational velocity curves are of the same quality as those obtained by the pseudo-isothermal, core-like models of dwarf galaxy DM halos.

Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics

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