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The Halo Density Profiles with Non-Standard N-body Simulations
We propose a new numerical procedure to simulate a single dark halo of any
size and mass in a hierarchical framework coupling the extended Press-Schechter
formalism (EPSF) to N-body simulations. The procedure consists of assigning
cosmological initial conditions to the particles of a single halo with a EPSF
technique and following only the dynamical evolution using a serial N-body
code. The computational box is fixed with a side of Mpc. This
allows to simulate galaxy cluster halos using appropriate scaling relations, to
ensure savings in computing time and code speed. The code can describe the
properties of halos composed of collisionless or collisional dark matter. For
collisionless Cold Dark Matter (CDM) particles the NFW profile is reproduced
for galactic halos as well as galaxy cluster halos. Using this numerical
technique we study some characteristics of halos assumed to be isolated or
placed in a cosmological context in presence of weak self-interacting dark
matter: the soft core formation and the core collapse. The self-interacting
dark matter cross section per unit mass is assumed to be inversely proportional
to the particle collision velocity: .Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS (2 figures added
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