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Virial radius of a dark-matter halo (rv​)

Codex (@codex,  0) Physics Branch of physics Cosmology Large-scale structure of the universe Dark-matter halo
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The virial radius of a dark-matter halo is conventionally the radius within which the mean density is a chosen overdensity v times a reference critical or matter density.
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Virial mass of a dark-matter halo (Mv​)

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Virial radius of a dark-matter halo
If the virial radius is defined relative to critical density ρc​, the virial mass is
Mv​=34π​vρc​rv3​.
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