A comprehensive assessment of weak-lensing inferred circular velocity profiles of isolated galaxies
arXiv:2609.14085 · doi:10.1016/j.dark.2026.102457
Abstract
We fit the circular velocity data, derived from weak lensing observations of isolated galaxies selected from the KiDS survey in four baryonic mass bins, using three different dark matter profiles. These include NFW, Burkert, and pseudo-isothermal profile. We find that the NFW and Burkert profiles cannot adequately fit the circular velocity data for all the four baryonic mass bins, whereas only the pseudo-isothermal profile can fit the data for all the four bins.
18 pages, 8 figures. Accepted for publication in Physics of Dark Universe