Tilted Dark Halos Are Common and Long-lived, and Can Warp Galactic Disks

In the Lambda cold dark matter paradigm, the dark halo governs the gravitational potential within which a galaxy can form and evolve. In this Letter we show that the present-day inner ( r < 50 kpc) dark halo can be significantly misaligned with the stellar disk. To this end, we use the TNG50 run...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Astrophysical journal. Letters 2023-11, Vol.957 (2), p.L24
Hauptverfasser:	Han, Jiwon Jesse, Semenov, Vadim, Conroy, Charlie, Hernquist, Lars
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cold dark matter Dark matter Disks Flyby missions Galactic halos Galaxies Galaxy dark matter halos Halos Milky Way
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