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Schaller, Matthieu; Frenk, Carlos S.; Bower, Richard G.; Theuns, Tom; Jenkins, Adrian; Schaye, Joop; Crain, Robert A.; Furlong, Michelle; Dalla Vecchia, C.; McCarthy, I. G.
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eprint arXiv:1409.8617
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2014
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Description
We investigate the internal structure and density profiles of halos of
mass $10^{10}-10^{14}~M_\odot$ in the Evolution and Assembly of Galaxies
and their Environment (EAGLE) simulations. These follow the formation of
galaxies in a $\Lambda$CDM Universe and include a treatment of the
baryon physics thought to be relevant. The EAGLE simulations reproduce
the observed present-day galaxy stellar mass function, as well as many
other properties of the galaxy population as a function of time. We find
significant differences between the masses of halos in the EAGLE
simulations and in simulations that follow only the dark matter
component. Nevertheless, halos are well described by the
Navarro-Frenk-White (NFW) density profile at radii larger than ~5% of
the virial radius but, closer to the centre, the presence of stars can
produce cuspier profiles. Central enhancements in the total mass profile
are most important in halos of mass $10^{12}-10^{13}M_\odot$, where the
stellar fraction peaks. Over the radial range where they are well
resolved, the resulting galaxy rotation curves are in very good
agreement with observational data for galaxies with stellar mass
$M_*<5\times10^{10}M_\odot$. We present an empirical fitting function
that describes the total mass profiles and show that its parameters are
strongly correlated with halo mass.