Density profile of multi-state fuzzy dark matter
Abstract
Equations of motion for excited states of weakly self-interacting bosons forming fuzzy dark matter are solved using the WKB approximation. The contribution of self-interactions are neglected in the equations of motion. Wave functions of excited states are expressed in terms of a yet undetermined gravitational potential. At equilibrium, the contributions of states to the density distribution are summed using Bose-Einstein statistics. Combined with the Poisson equation, a differential equation is obtained for the gravitational potential, which has physically acceptable solutions only if the energy spectrum of excited states has a finite gap, corresponding to a finite virial radius. Such a gap could be created by decay processes, in first order perturbation of the self-interaction potential. The obtained density profile is found to be similar to the Burkert profile.
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@article{arxiv.2101.00349,
title = {Density profile of multi-state fuzzy dark matter},
author = {Lauren Street and Peter Suranyi and L. C. R. Wijewardhana},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.00349},
year = {2021}
}
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7 pages, 2 figures