The "cuspy halo problem" refers to a discrepancy between predictions made by certain cosmological models regarding the distribution of dark matter in galaxies and observations of their rotational curves. The term "cuspy" refers to the expectation that dark matter density should peak sharply (or "cusped" profile) towards the center of a galaxy, as predicted by simulations based on cold dark matter (CDM) cosmology.
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