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Self-Interacting Dark Matter is an attractive alternative to the Cold Dark Matter paradigm only if it is able to substantially reduce the central densities of dwarf-size haloes while keeping the densities and shapes of cluster-size haloes…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-26 Jesus Zavala , Mark Vogelsberger , Matthew G. Walker

Based on observational constraints on large scale structure and halo structure, dark matter is generally taken to be cold and essentially collisionless. On the other hand, given the large number of particles and forces in the visible world,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-09 JiJi Fan , Andrey Katz , Lisa Randall , Matthew Reece

We assess whether intracluster light (ICL) can serve as an observational discriminator of dark matter physics. The self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) model has gained increasing attention as a possible resolution to small-scale…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-07 Jaewon Yoo , Ellen L. Sirks , Cristiano G. Sabiu , Changbom Park , Jaehyun Lee , Ankit Singh , Juhan Kim , Jongwan Ko

Self--interactions of dark matter particles impact the distribution of dark matter in halos. The exact nature of the self--interactions can lead to either expansion or collapse of the core within the halo lifetime, leaving distinctive…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-12 Susmita Adhikari , Arka Banerjee , Bhuvnesh Jain , Tae Hyeon-Shin , Yi-Ming Zhong

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) models feature short-range interactions between dark matter (DM) particles that lead to larger diversity in the inner parts of galactic rotation curves and potentially unique gravitational lensing…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-23 David Klemmer , Moritz S. Fischer , Kimberly K. Boddy , Manoj Kaplinghat , Laura Sagunski

Galactic rotation curves exhibit a diverse range of inner slopes. Observational data indicates that explaining this diversity may require a mechanism that correlates a galaxy's surface brightness with the central-most region of its dark…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-07-21 Aidan Zentner , Siddharth Dandavate , Oren Slone , Mariangela Lisanti

Dark matter (DM) self-interactions alter the matter distribution on galactic scales and alleviate tensions with observations. A feature of the self-interaction cross section is its angular dependence, influencing offsets between galaxies…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-26 Cenanda Arido , Moritz S. Fischer , Mathias Garny

We introduce the TangoSIDM project, a suite of cosmological simulations of structure formation in a $\Lambda$-Self-Interacting Dark Matter (SIDM) universe. TangoSIDM explores the impact of large dark matter (DM) scattering cross sections…

We study the effects of inelastic dark matter self-interactions on the internal structure of a simulated Milky Way (MW)-size halo. Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) is an alternative to collisionless cold dark matter (CDM) which offers a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-04 Kun Ting Eddie Chua , Karia Dibert , Mark Vogelsberger , Jesús Zavala

It has been suggested that cold dark matter (CDM) has difficulties in explaining tentative evidence for noncuspy halo profiles in small galaxies, and the low velocity dispersions observed in the largest Milky Way satellites ("too big to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-07-27 James M. Cline , Zuowei Liu , Guy D. Moore , Wei Xue

In two-component self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) models with inter-species interactions, mass segregation arises naturally from collisional relaxation, enhancing central densities and gravothermal evolution. We demonstrate that models…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-08 Daneng Yang , Yi-Zhong Fan , Siyuan Hou , Yue-Lin Sming Tsai

Dark matter (DM) with self-interactions is a promising solution for the small-scale problems of the standard cosmological model. Here we perform the first cosmological simulation of frequent DM self-interactions, corresponding to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-07 Moritz S. Fischer , Marcus Brüggen , Kai Schmidt-Hoberg , Klaus Dolag , Felix Kahlhoefer , Antonio Ragagnin , Andrew Robertson

We use high-resolution hydrodynamical simulation to test the difference of halo properties in cold dark matter (CDM) and a self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) scenario with a constant cross-section of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-30 Giulia Despali , Martin Sparre , Simona Vegetti , Mark Vogelsberger , Jesús Zavala , Federico Marinacci

We present a comparison of halo properties in cosmological simulations of collisionless cold dark matter (CDM) and self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) for a range of dark matter cross sections. We find, in agreement with various authors,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-15 Romeel Davé , David N. Spergel , Paul J. Steinhardt , Benjamin D. Wandelt

Dark matter (DM) could be subject to non-gravitational self-interactions which is relevant to resolve potential problems of cold DM on small scales. Their impact on astrophysical objects such as galaxies and galaxy clusters allows for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-19 Moritz S. Fischer , Marc Wiertel , Cenanda Arido , Yashraj Patil , Antonio Ragagnin , Klaus Dolag , Marcus Brüggen , Mathias Garny , Andrew Robertson , Kai Schmidt-Hoberg

We perform a set of high-resolution, dissipationless N-body simulations to investigate the influence of cold dark matter (CDM) substructure on the dynamical evolution of thin galactic disks. Our method combines cosmological simulations of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Stelios Kazantzidis , Andrew R. Zentner , James S. Bullock

We analyze the first set of cosmological baryonic zoom-in simulations of galaxies in dissipative self-interacting dark matter (dSIDM). The simulations utilize the FIRE-2 galaxy formation physics with the inclusion of dissipative dark matter…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-16 Xuejian Shen , Philip F. Hopkins , Lina Necib , Fangzhou Jiang , Michael Boylan-Kolchin , Andrew Wetzel

Galactic rotation curves are a fundamental constraint for any cosmological model. We use controlled N-body simulations of galaxies to study the gravitational effect of baryons in a scenario with collisionless cold dark matter (CDM) versus…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-04-19 Peter Creasey , Omid Sameie , Laura V. Sales , Hai-Bo Yu , Mark Vogelsberger , Jesús Zavala

Self-Interacting Dark Matter (SIDM) is a collisional form of cold dark matter (CDM), originally proposed to solve problems that arose when the collisionless CDM theory of structure formation was compared with observations of galaxies on…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Jun Koda , Paul R. Shapiro

The rotation curves of spiral galaxies exhibit a great diversity that challenge our understanding of galaxy formation and the nature of dark matter. Previous studies showed that in self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) models with a cross…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-21 M. Grant Roberts , Manoj Kaplinghat , Mauro Valli , Hai-Bo Yu