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Simplified galaxy rotation curves with and without dark matter and their visual impact, Mathematica
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Galaxy rotation curves in Mathematica | |
Author: Rodrigo Nemmen | |
Visually illustrating the impact of the presence of dark matter in speeding up the | |
rotation of test particles in galaxies | |
Input | |
nϕ=15; | |
rmin=1;rmax=50; nr=40; | |
tmin=0; tmax=15Pi; | |
Rotation curves | |
Only visible matter | |
Mvis=Piecewise[{{r^2,r<5},{25,r>5}}]; | |
vvis=Sqrt[Mvis/r]; | |
ωvis=vvis/r; | |
Dark matter | |
Mdm=Piecewise[{{r^2,r<5},{5*r,r>5}}]; | |
vdm=Sqrt[Mdm/r]; | |
ωdm=vdm/r; | |
Rigid body | |
vrigid=2*(r/50); | |
ωrigid=vrigid/r; | |
Plots: rotation curves | |
Plot[vrigid,{r,0,rmax},AxesStyle->Black,PlotStyle->Green] | |
Plot[{vdm,vvis,vrigid},{r,0,rmax},AxesStyle->Black] | |
Animation: rigid body | |
Animate[ListLinePlot[ | |
ParallelTable[{r Cos[\[Omega]rigid*t + \[Phi]], | |
r Sin[\[Omega]rigid*t + \[Phi]]}, {\[Phi], 0, 2 Pi, | |
2 Pi/n\[Phi]}, {r, rmin, rmax, rmax/nr}], | |
PlotRange -> {{-rmax, rmax}, {-rmax, rmax}}, AspectRatio -> 1], | |
{t, tmin, tmax}, DefaultDuration -> 40, AnimationRunning -> False] | |
Animation: galaxies with and without dark matter | |
Animate[Magnify[ | |
GraphicsGrid[{{ | |
ListLinePlot[ | |
ParallelTable[{r Cos[\[Omega]vis*t + \[Phi]], | |
r Sin[\[Omega]vis*t + \[Phi]]}, {\[Phi], 0, 2 Pi, | |
2 Pi/n\[Phi]}, {r, rmin, rmax, rmax/nr}], | |
PlotRange -> {{-rmax, rmax}, {-rmax, rmax}}, AspectRatio -> 1], | |
ListLinePlot[ | |
ParallelTable[{r Cos[\[Omega]dm*t + \[Phi]], | |
r Sin[\[Omega]dm*t + \[Phi]]}, {\[Phi], 0, 2 Pi, | |
2 Pi/n\[Phi]}, {r, rmin, rmax, rmax/nr}], | |
PlotRange -> {{-rmax, rmax}, {-rmax, rmax}}, AspectRatio -> 1] | |
}}] | |
], | |
{t, tmin, tmax}, DefaultDuration -> 40, AnimationRunning -> False] |
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