In
cosmology
Cosmology () is a branch of physics and metaphysics dealing with the nature of the universe. The term ''cosmology'' was first used in English in 1656 in Thomas Blount's ''Glossographia'', and in 1731 taken up in Latin by German philosopher ...
, the halo mass function is a mass distribution of
dark matter halos. Specifically, it gives the number density of
dark matter halos per mass interval.
References
External links
Web tool to create generic halo mass functionsHalo Mass Functions on the NMSU website
Physical cosmology
Dark_matter
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