Inferring dark halo structure from observed scaling laws of late type galaxies and LSB's

Abstract

We re-examine the Fall & Efstathiou (1980) scenario for galaxy formation, including the dark halo gravitational reaction to the formation of the baryon disk, as well as continuous variations in the intrinsic halo density profile. The recently published rotation curves of LSB and dwarf galaxies together with previously known scaling relations provide sufficient information on the present day structure of late type disk galaxies to invert the problem. By requiring that the models reproduce all the observational restrictions we can fully constrain the initial conditions of galaxy formation, with a minimum of assumptions, in particular without the need to specify a CDM halo profile. This allows one to solve for all the initial conditions, in terms of the halo density profile, the baryon fraction and the total angular momentum. We find that a unique initial halo shape is sufficient to accurately reproduce the rotation curves of both LSB and normal late type spiral galaxies. This unique halo profile differs substantially from that found in standard CDM models (Navarro, Frenk & White 1996). A galactic baryon fraction of 0.065 is found. The initial value of the dimensionless angular momentum is seen to be the principal discriminator between the galaxy classes we examine. The present day scalings between structural parameters are seen to originate in the initial conditions.

13 pages, 18 figures, MNRAS accepted

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