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Axions solve the Strong CP Problem and are a cold dark matter candidate. The combined constraints from accelerator searches, stellar evolution limits and cosmology suggest that the axion mass is in the range $3 \cdot 10^{-3} > m_a >…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Pierre Sikivie

Ultralight scalar dark matter has been proposed to constitute a component of dark matter, though the minimal scenarios have increasingly become constrained. In this work, we analyze scenarios where the dark matter consists of more than one…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-10-09 Joshua Eby , Madelyn Leembruggen , Lauren Street , Peter Suranyi , L. C. R. Wijewardhana

We discuss the axion dark matter (DM) condensate and the consequences the interactions of dark matter would have on the spectrum of collective modes. We find that DM self-interactions change the spectrum of excitations from a quadratic to a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-06-09 Alexander Balatsky , Benjo Fraser , Henrik Roising

We discuss the possibility that dark matter axions form a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) due to the gravitational self-interactions. The formation of BEC occurs in the condensed regime, where the transition rate between different momentum…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-04-16 Ken'ichi Saikawa , Masahide Yamaguchi

We propose here the dark matter content of galaxies as a cold bosonic fluid composed of Weakly Interacting Slim Particles (WISPs), represented by spin-0 axion-like particles and spin-1 hidden bosons, thermalized in the Bose-Einstein…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-11-21 M. O. C. Pires , J. C. C. de Souza

We explore the viability of a boson dark matter candidate with an asymmetry between the number densities of particles and antiparticles. A simple thermal field theory analysis confirms that, under certain general conditions, this component…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-27 Anthony Aguirre , Alberto Diez-Tejedor

Bose-Einstein-condensed dark matter (BEC-DM), also called scalar field dark matter (SFDM), has become a popular alternative to the standard, collisionless cold dark matter (CDM) model, due to its long-held potential to resolve the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-29 Tanja Rindler-Daller

The recently proposed dark dimension scenario reveals that axions can be localized on the Standard Model brane, thereby predicting the quantum chromodynamics (QCD) axion decay constant from the Weak Gravity Conjecture: $f_a\lesssim M_5 \sim…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-04-15 Hai-Jun Li

Non-relativistic QCD axions or axion-like particles are among the most popular candidates for cold Dark Matter (DM) in the universe. We proposed to detect axion-like DM, using linearly polarized pulsar light as a probe. Because of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-18 Tao Liu , George Smoot , Yue Zhao

Dark matter (DM) refers to a new type of matter that may explain observed rotation curves of galaxies and the composite structure of the Universe. It may couple to the Standard Model particles via portals, which include the possibility of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-11-30 Vindhyawasini Prasad

The scalar field dark matter (SFDM) model proposes that galaxies form by condensation of a scalar field (SF) very early in the universe forming Bose-Einstein Condensates (BEC) drops, i.e., in this model haloes of galaxies are gigantic drops…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-26 Victor H. Robles , Tonatiuh Matos

Cosmological structure formation simulations of ultralight axion-like dark matter have shown that an axion star forms at the center of every dark matter halo in the Universe. These axion stars would then form in large numbers during the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-02-12 Miguel Escudero

Growing amount of observations indicate presence of intrinsically faint quasar subgroup (a few % of known quasars) with noncosmological quantized redshift. Here we find an analytical solution of Einstein equations describing bubbles made…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Anatoly A. Svidzinsky

Motivated by the galactic positron excess seen by PAMELA and ATIC/PPB-BETS, we propose that dark matter is a TeV-scale particle that annihilates into a pseudoscalar "axion." The positron excess and the absence of an anti-proton or gamma ray…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-04-28 Yasunori Nomura , Jesse Thaler

Dark matter consisting of ultralight bosons can form a macroscopic Bose-Einstein condensate with distinctive observational signatures. While this possibility has been extensively studied for axions and axion-like particles $-$ pseudoscalars…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-11 Michael W. Toomey , Savvas M. Koushiappas , Stephon Alexander

The particle that makes up the dark matter of the universe could be an axion or axion-like particle. A collection of axions can condense into a bound Bose-Einstein condensate called an axion star. It is possible that a significant fraction…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-10-30 Eric Braaten , Hong Zhang

We consider the growth of cosmological perturbations to the energy density of dark matter during matter domination when dark matter is a scalar field that has undergone Bose-Einstein condensation. We study these inhomogeneities within the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-03 Ben Kain , Hong Y. Ling

The nature of dark matter (DM) is one of the most fascinating unresolved challenges of modern physics. One of the perspective hypotheses suggests that DM consists of ultralight bosonic particles in the state of Bose-Einstein condensate…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-11-09 Y. O. Nikolaieva , A. O. Olashyn , Y. I. Kuriatnikov , S. I. Vilchynskii , A. I. Yakimenko

We present a theoretical analysis of some unexplored aspects of relaxed Bose-Einstein condensate dark matter (BECDM) haloes. This type of ultralight bosonic scalar field dark matter is a viable alternative to the standard cold dark matter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-18 Philip Mocz , Mark Vogelsberger , Victor Robles , Jesus Zavala , Michael Boylan-Kolchin , Anastasia Fialkov , Lars Hernquist

In recent years, Bose-Einstein-condensed dark matter (BEC-DM) has become a popular alternative to standard, collisionless cold dark matter (CDM). This BEC-DM - also called scalar field dark matter (SFDM) - can suppress structure formation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-07-08 Tanja Rindler-Daller