Fuzzy dark matter fails to explain the dark matter cores
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2025-02-18 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
Ultrafaint dwarf galaxies (UFDs) are ideal for studying dark matter (DM) due to minimal baryonic effects. UFD observations suggest cored DM profiles. We find that the core radius -- stellar mass scaling predicted by fuzzy dark matter (FDM) is at tension with UFD observations. Combining observations from 27 UFDs, the required FDM mass is also in conflict with existing Lyman- bounds. Our results suggest that FDM cannot provide a consistent explanation for DM cores and imply at to CL.
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@article{arxiv.2502.12030,
title = {Fuzzy dark matter fails to explain the dark matter cores},
author = {María Benito and Gert Hütsi and Kristjan Müürsepp and Jorge Sánchez~Almeida and Juan Urrutia and Ville Vaskonen and Hardi Veermäe},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.12030},
year = {2025}
}
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5 pages, 4 figures