Speaker
Mr
Pascal Steger
(Institute for Astronomy, ETH Zurich)
Description
The dark matter distribution in dwarf galaxies and potentially in globular clusters
is of great interest for indirect dark matter searches.
In order to understand the distribution of dark matter in the smallest observable
structures, we investigate the evolution of the radial density profile of dwarf
spheroidal galaxies and globular clusters. We present first results from a very high
resolution cosmological simulation of a small patch of the Universe where we follow
the formation history of massive star clusters and the first dwarf galaxies. We
discuss the effect of baryonic processes on the slope of the dark matter
distribution.
We briefly comment on the implications of our results for indirect dark matter probes.
Primary author
Mr
Pascal Steger
(Institute for Astronomy, ETH Zurich)
