English
Related papers

Related papers: Exploring the Self Interacting Dark Matter Propert…

200 papers

The short distance behavior of dark matter (DM) at galaxy scales exhibits several features not explained by the typical cold dark matter (CDM) with velocity-independent cross-section. We discuss a particle physics model with a hidden sector…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-04-21 Amin Aboubrahim , Wan-Zhe Feng , Pran Nath , Zhu-Yao Wang

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

In this Letter, we present a new idea of probing the distribution of dark matter exhibiting elastic and velocity-independent self-interactions. These interactions might be revealed in multiple measurements of strongly lensed gravitational…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-14 Shuo Cao , Jingzhao Qi , Zhoujian Cao , Marek Biesiada , Wei Cheng , Zong-Hong Zhu

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) offers the potential to mitigate some of the discrepancies between simulated cold dark matter (CDM) and observed galactic properties. We introduce a physically motivated SIDM model to understand the…

We propose a GeV-scale self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) candidate within a dark $U(1)_D$ gauged extension of the Standard Model (SM), addressing small-scale structure issues in $\Lambda$CDM while predicting an observable contribution to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-04-24 Debasish Borah , Satyabrata Mahapatra , Narendra Sahu , Vicky Singh Thounaojam

We analyze strongly lensed images in 8 galaxy clusters to measure their dark matter density profiles in the radial region between 10 kpc and 150 kpc, and use this to constrain the self-interaction cross section of dark matter (DM)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-24 Kevin E. Andrade , Jackson Fuson , Sophia Gad-Nasr , Demao Kong , Quinn Minor , M. Grant Roberts , Manoj Kaplinghat

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) has been proposed to solve small-scale problems in $\Lambda$CDM cosmology. In previous work, constraints on the self-interaction cross-section of dark matter have been derived assuming that the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-03 V. M. Sabarish , Marcus Brüggen , Kai Schmidt-Hoberg , Moritz S. Fischer , Felix Kahlhoefer

This work studies the self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) scenario in the general NMSSM and beyond, where the dark matter is a Majorana fermion and the force mediator is a scalar boson. An improved analytical expression for the dark matter…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-12-10 Jinmian Li , Junle Pei , Cong Zhang

In this work, we perform the first systematic investigation of effects of the presence of dark matter on $r$-mode oscillations in neutron stars (NSs). Using a self-interacting dark matter (DM) model based on the neutron decay anomaly and a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-15 Swarnim Shirke , Suprovo Ghosh , Debarati Chatterjee , Laura Sagunski , Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich

We consider the consequences of SIDM for a velocity dependent cross section per unit mass. Accretion of SIDM onto seed black holes can produce supermassive black holes that are too large for certain combinations of parameters,which is used…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Joseph F. Hennawi , Jeremiah P. Ostriker

Recent analysis on the stellar kinematics of ultra-faint dwarf (UFD) galaxies has put a stringent upper limit on the self-scattering cross section of dark matter, i.e., $\sigma/m<{\cal O}(0.1)\,{\rm cm^2/g}$ at the scattering velocity of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-26 Ayuki Kamada , Hee Jung Kim

Lambda- Cold Dark Matter (LambdaCDM) has been successful at explaining the large-scale structures in the universe but faces severe issues on smaller scales when compared to observations. Introducing self-interactions between dark matter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-22 The CRESST Collaboration

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

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) models have received great attention over the past decade as solutions to the small-scale puzzles of astrophysics. Though there are different implementations of dark matter (DM) self-interactions in…

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

We present a model of self-interacting dark matter based on QCD-like theories and inspired by the proximity of $a_0(980\pm 20)$ to the $K\bar{K}(990)$ threshold. Dark matter is comprised of dark pions which self-scatter via the $\sigma$…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-09-13 Dan Kondo , Robert McGehee , Tom Melia , Hitoshi Murayama

In this thesis, we investigate the possibility that dark matter consists of ultra light spin-zero particles with mass $m \sim 10^{-22}\ \text{eV}$. We focus on the role of self-interactions, assuming all other non-gravitational couplings to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-01 Bihag Dave

We present an improved semi-analytical model to predict density profiles of self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) halos and apply it to constrain the self-scattering cross section using SPARC galaxy rotation curves. Building on the isothermal…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-27 Zixiang Jia , Fangzhou Jiang , Shubo Li , Ran Li , Jing Wang , Ling Zhu

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

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) naturally gives rise to a cored isothermal density profile, which is favored in observations of many dwarf galaxies. The dark matter distribution in the presence of a central black hole in an isothermal…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-01-19 Gerardo Alvarez , Hai-Bo Yu