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Dark matter (DM) with sizeable self-interactions mediated by a light species offers a compelling explanation of the observed galactic substructure; furthermore, the direct coupling between DM and a light particle contributes to the DM…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-07-18 Kalliopi Petraki , Lauren Pearce , Alexander Kusenko

We study the complete cosmological evolution of dark matter (DM) density fluctuations for DM particles that decoupled being ultrarelativistic during the radiation dominated era which is the case of keV scale warm DM (WDM). The new framework…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 H. J. de Vega , N. G. Sanchez

Ultra-light dark matter (ULDM) refers to a class of theories, including ultra-light axions, in which particles with mass $m_{\psi} < 10^{-20}\, \rm{eV}$ comprise a significant fraction of the dark matter. A galactic scale de Broglie…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-28 Alexander Laroche , Daniel Gilman , Xinyu Li , Jo Bovy , Xiaolong Du

We investigate the potential of cosmological observations, such as galaxy surveys, for constraining degenerate higher-order scalar-tensor (DHOST) theories, focusing in particular on the linear growth of the matter density fluctuations. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-29 Shin'ichi Hirano , Tsutomu Kobayashi , Daisuke Yamauchi , Shuichiro Yokoyama

Gravitational weak lensing by dark matter halos leads to a measurable imprint in the shear correlation function of galaxies. Fuzzy dark matter (FDM), composed of ultralight axion-like particles of mass $m\sim 10^{-22}\text{ eV}$, suppresses…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-29 Mona Dentler , David J. E. Marsh , Renée Hložek , Alex Laguë , Keir K. Rogers , Daniel Grin

The DAMA collaboration have claimed to detect particle dark matter (DM) via an annual modulation in their observed recoil event rate. This appears to be in strong disagreement with the null results of other experiments if interpreted in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 John March-Russell , Christopher McCabe , Matthew McCullough

We investigate the effect of the dark matter (DM) halos collisions, namely collisions of galaxies and galaxy clusters, through gravitational bremsstrahlung, on the stochastic gravitational wave background. We first calculate the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-01 Qiming Yan , Xin Ren , Yaqi Zhao , Emmanuel N. Saridakis

We propose a novel dark matter (DM) detection strategy for the models with non-minimal dark sector. The main ingredients in the underlying DM scenario are a boosted DM particle and a heavier dark sector state. The relativistic DM impinged…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-10-25 Doojin Kim , Jong-Chul Park , Seodong Shin

The identity of Dark Matter (DM) is one of the most captivating topics in particle physics today. The R-parity conserving Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM), which naturally provides a DM candidate in the form of the lightest…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-01-15 Carlos Ávila , Andrés Flórez , Alfredo Gurrola , Dale Julson , Savanna Starko

We for the first time provide self-consistent axisymmetric phase-space distribution models for the Milky Way's dark matter (DM) halo which are carefully matched against the latest kinematic measurements through Bayesian analysis. By using…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-04 Mihael Petac

We present sensitivity of LHC differential cross-section measurements to so-called "stealth dark matter" scenarios occurring in an SU(N) dark gauge group, where constituents are charged under the Standard Model and N=2 or 4. The low-energy…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-01-20 J. M. Butterworth , L. Corpe , X. Kong , S. Kulkarni , M. Thomas

While it is possible to estimate the dark matter density at the Sun distance from the galactic center, this does not give information on actual dark matter density in the Solar system. There can be considerable local enhancement of dark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-08-21 Dmitry Budker , Joshua Eby , Marianna S. Safronova , Oleg Tretiak

The next generation of axion direct detection experiments may rule out or confirm axions as the dominant source of dark matter. We develop a general likelihood-based framework for studying the time-series data at such experiments, with a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-13 Joshua W. Foster , Nicholas L. Rodd , Benjamin R. Safdi

Many dynamical models of the Milky Way halo require assumptions that the distribution function of a tracer population should be independent of time (i.e., a steady state distribution function) and that the underlying potential is spherical.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-28 Wenting Wang , Jiaxin Han , Shaun Cole , Carlos Frenk , Till Sawala

We analyze the information content of density profiles for an ultracold Bose gas of atoms and extract resolution limits for observables contained in these images. Our starting point is density correlations that we compute within the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-08-27 Antonio Negretti , Carsten Henkel , Klaus Molmer

It has been postulated that Fuzzy Dark Matter (FDM) could be a viable alternative to Cold Dark Matter (CDM). FDM is comprised of ultralight bosons which exist as a Bose-Einstein condensate. Due to the very low mass of FDM, the de Broglie…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-28 V. Sreenath

We investigate the influence of ideal Fermi gas dark matter on the observable properties of neutron stars (NSs). Our analysis considers dark matter (DM) particle masses ($\mu$) ranging from $0.2$ GeV to $1$ GeV and various DM mass fractions…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-24 Monmoy Molla , Masum Murshid , Mehedi Kalam

Dark matter (DM), in spite of being stable or long-lived on cosmological scales, can decay in the early Universe due to finite-temperature effects. In particular, a first order phase transition (FOPT) in the early Universe can provide a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-18 Debasish Borah , Nayan Das , Indrajit Saha

We examine high-resolution gravitational N-body simulations of the $\Omega=1$ cold dark matter (CDM) model in order to determine whether there is any normalization of the initial density fluctuation spectrum that yields acceptable results…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 James M. Gelb , Edmund Bertschinger

Superheavy dark matter can satisfy the observed dark matter abundance if the stability condition is fulfilled. Here, we propose a new Abelian gauge symmetry ${\rm U(1)}_H$ for the stability of superheavy dark matter as the electromagnetic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-23 Jong-Chul Park , Seong Chan Park