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SIDM Concerto: Compilation and Data Release of Self-interacting Dark Matter Zoom-in Simulations

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2025-09-30 v2 Astrophysics of Galaxies

Abstract

We present SIDM Concerto: 1414 cosmological zoom-in simulations in cold dark matter (CDM) and self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) models based on the Symphony and Milky Way-est suites. SIDM Concerto includes one Large Magellanic Cloud- (LMC-) mass system (host mass 1011 M\sim 10^{11}~M_{\mathrm{\odot}}), two Milky Way (MW) analogs (1012 M\sim 10^{12}~M_{\mathrm{\odot}}), two group-mass hosts (1013 M\sim 10^{13}~M_{\mathrm{\odot}}), and one low-mass cluster (1014 M\sim 10^{14}~M_{\mathrm{\odot}}). Each host contains 2×107\approx 2\times 10^7 particles and is run in CDM and one or more strong, velocity-dependent SIDM models. Our analysis of SIDM (sub)halo populations over seven subhalo mass decades reveals that (1) the fraction of core-collapsed isolated halos and subhalos peaks at a maximum circular velocity corresponding to the transition of the SIDM cross section from a v4v^{-4} to v0v^0 scaling; (2) SIDM subhalo mass functions are suppressed by 50%\approx 50\% relative to CDM in LMC, MW, and group-mass hosts but are consistent with CDM in the low-mass cluster host; (3) subhalos' inner density profile slopes, which are more diverse in SIDM than in CDM, are sensitive to both the amplitude and shape of the SIDM cross section. Our simulations provide a benchmark for testing SIDM predictions with astrophysical observations of field and satellite galaxies, strong lensing systems, and stellar streams. Data products are publicly available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14933624.

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@article{arxiv.2503.10748,
  title  = {SIDM Concerto: Compilation and Data Release of Self-interacting Dark Matter Zoom-in Simulations},
  author = {Ethan O. Nadler and Demao Kong and Daneng Yang and Hai-Bo Yu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.10748},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

20 pages, 14 figures, 1 table; updated to published version. Data is available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14933624