Understanding the shape and diversity of dwarf galaxy rotation curves in ΛCDM
The shape and diversity of dwarf galaxy rotation curves is at apparent odds with dark matter halos in a Λ Cold Dark Matter (ΛCDM) cosmology. We use mock data from isolated dwarf galaxy simulations to show that this owes to three main effects. Firstly, stellar feedback heats dark matter, leading to a `coreNFW' dark matter density profile with a slowly rising rotation curve. Secondly, if close to a