7–13 Sept 2025
Hermitage Hotel, Isola D'Elba
Europe/Rome timezone

The Characteristic Mass for Cusp–Core Transformation in Dark Matter Halos

12 Sept 2025, 17:30
30m
Hermitage Hotel, Isola D'Elba

Hermitage Hotel, Isola D'Elba

57037 Portoferraio Isola d’Elba (Li) Italy
Talk Dark Matter (Its nature: Theory, Observations, Detection, Production at accelerators) Afternoon session

Speaker

Michi Shinozaki (University of Tsukuba)

Description

Shinozaki et al. in prep. present an analytical model that embeds the cusp–core transition into the c–M relation of dark matter halos. The model accounts for deviations from scaling relations in galaxies, where central surface densities fall below c–M predictions. In contrast, UFDs retain high central densities consistent with CDM. Assuming supernova(SN) feedback drives the transition, the model predicts it operates within a characteristic halo mass range of 10⁸–10¹¹ M☉, defining a critical stellar mass and a “forbidden region” where core formation is ineffective. The framework is validated by analysis using SPARC and UFD data (Hayashi, Kaneda, Mori & Shinozaki in prep.). These data confirm that most galaxies lie outside this region and can undergo the transition, while groups, clusters, and UFDs remain trapped within it. The observed diversity in low-mass density profiles likely arises from variations in star formation efficiency and the coupling efficiency between SN feedback and the dark matter potential.

References Kaneda, Mori, Otaki (2024), PASJ, 5, 1026

Author

Michi Shinozaki (University of Tsukuba)

Co-authors

Masao Mori (University of Tsukuba) Ms Yuka Kaneda (University of Tsukuba) Dr Kohei Hayashi (National Institute of Technology, Sendai College)

Presentation materials