Burkert profile by Alexey Boyarsky

Burkert profile

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Burkert profile is a model of dark matter distribution with core. It has the form

$\rho (r)=\frac {\rho _0 r_0^3}{(r^2+r_0^2)(r+r_0)}.$

It was introduced by Andreas Burkert in [1].

References:

[1]^ A. Burkert, ``The Structure of dark matter halos in dwarf galaxies,'' IAU Symp. 171 (1996) 175 [Astrophys. J. 447 (1995) L25] [arXiv:astro-ph/9504041].

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by Dr. Alexey Boyarsky

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