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We compare a suite of four simulated dwarf galaxies formed in 10$^{10} M_{\odot}$ haloes of collisionless Cold Dark Matter (CDM) with galaxies simulated in the same haloes with an identical galaxy formation model but a non-zero…

We present the first set of cosmological baryonic zoom-in simulations of galaxies including dissipative self-interacting dark matter (dSIDM). These simulations utilize the Feedback In Realistic Environments (FIRE-2) galaxy formation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-08-11 Xuejian Shen , Philip F. Hopkins , Lina Necib , Fangzhou Jiang , Michael Boylan-Kolchin , Andrew Wetzel

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…

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In this paper we study the density profiles of self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) haloes spanning the full observable mass range, from dwarf galaxies to galaxy clusters. Using realistic simulations that model the baryonic physics relevant…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-25 Kyrylo Bondarenko , Anastasia Sokolenko , Alexey Boyarsky , Andrew Robertson , David Harvey , Yves Revaz

We present a suite of baryonic cosmological zoom-in simulations of self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) haloes within the ``Feedback In Realistic Environment'' (FIRE) project. The three simulated haloes have virial masses of $\sim 10^{12}\,…

We use cosmological hydrodynamic simulations to consistently compare the assembly of dwarf galaxies in both $\Lambda$ dominated, Cold (CDM) and Self--Interacting (SIDM) dark matter models. The SIDM model adopts a constant cross section of 2…

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We investigate the central density structure of dark matter halos in cold dark matter (CDM) and self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) models using simulations that are part of the Feedback In Realistic Environments (FIRE) project. For…

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) models offer one way to reconcile inconsistencies between observations and predictions from collisionless cold dark matter (CDM) models on dwarf-galaxy scales. In order to incorporate the effects of both…

We present zoom-in N-body + Hydrodynamic simulations of dwarf central galaxies formed in Warm Dark Matter (WDM) halos with masses at present-day of $2-4\times 10^{10}$ \msun. Two different cases are considered, the first one when halo…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Pedro Colin , Vladimir Avila-Reese , Alejandro Gonzalez-Samaniego , Hector Velazquez

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) models have been proposed to solve the small-scale issues with the collisionless cold dark matter (CDM) paradigm. We derive equilibrium solutions in these SIDM models for the dark matter halo density…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-16 Manoj Kaplinghat , Ryan E. Keeley , Tim Linden , Hai-Bo Yu

We study the impact of a warm dark matter (WDM) cosmology on dwarf galaxy formation through a suite of cosmological hydrodynamical zoom-in simulations of $M_{\rm halo} \approx10^{10}\,M_{\odot}$ dark matter halos as part of the Feedback in…

We present a detailed comparison of a Local Group dwarf galaxy analogue evolved in two cosmological models: the standard $\Lambda$CDM and a self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) model with a velocity-dependent cross-section. Both simulations…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-08 Thales A. Gutcke , Giulia Despali , Stephanie O'Neil , Mark Vogelsberger , Azadeh Fattahi , David B. Sanders

Astrophysical observations spanning dwarf galaxies to galaxy clusters indicate that dark matter (DM) halos are less dense in their central regions compared to expectations from collisionless DM N-body simulations. Using detailed fits to DM…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-03 Manoj Kaplinghat , Sean Tulin , Hai-Bo Yu

By means of N-body+Hydrodynamic zoom-in simulations we study the evolution of the inner dark matter and stellar mass distributions of central dwarf galaxies formed in halos of virial masses Mv=2-3x10^10 Msun at z=0, both in a WDM and CDM…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-15 Alejandro Gonzalez-Samaniego , Vladimir Avila-Reese , Pedro Colin

We use hydrodynamical cosmological simulations to test the differences between cold and self-interacting dark matter models (CDM and SIDM) in the mass range of massive galaxies ($10^{12}M_{\odot}h^{-1}<M<10^{13.5}M_{\odot}h^{-1}$). We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-28 Claudio Mastromarino , Giulia Despali , Lauro Moscardini , Andrew Robertson , Massimo Meneghetti , Matteo Maturi

We use high resolution Hydro$+$N-Body cosmological simulations to compare the assembly and evolution of a small field dwarf (stellar mass ~ 10$^{6-7}$ M$\odot$, total mass 10$^{10}$ M$\odot$ in $\Lambda$ dominated CDM and 2keV WDM…

We perform high-resolution simulations of a MW-like galaxy in a self-interacting cold dark matter model with elastic cross section over mass of $1~\rm cm^2/g$ (SIDM) and compare to a model without self-interactions (CDM). We run our…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-09-25 Victor H. Robles , Tyler Kelley , James S. Bullock , Manoj Kaplinghat

We explore fundamental properties of the distribution of low mass dark matter halos within the cosmic web using warm dark matter (WDM) and cold dark matter (CDM) cosmological simulations. Using self abundance-matched mock galaxy catalogs,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-16 Darren S. Reed , Aurel Schneider , Robert E. Smith , Doug Potter , Joachim Stadel , Ben Moore

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) has been proposed to address small-scale challenges faced by the cold dark matter (CDM) paradigm, such as the diverse density profiles observed in dwarf galaxies. In this study, we analyze the kinematics…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-19 Shin'ichiro Ando , Kohei Hayashi , Shunichi Horigome , Masahiro Ibe , Satoshi Shirai
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