DARK is an ANR-funded (https://anr.fr/Project-ANR-22-CE31-0006) project led by Nicolas Bouché & Jérémy Fensch at CRAL, with the goal of understanding the dark matter content of the Universe and how it affects the dynamics of galaxies.
From an observational perspective, rotation curves are still the best tool to constrain the properties of DM halos in galaxies. Thanks to a technological breakthrough and to several large programs with MUSE on the VLT, we will be able to perform this type of study (namely disk/halo decomposition) on several hundreds of individual rotation curves of distant galaxies. In addition, we will use state-of-the-art hydrodynamical simulations to further validate the methodology and test its limitations.
