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We investigate the dynamical interaction of galactic warps with the surrounding dark matter halo, using analytic perturbation theory. A precessing warp induces a density wake in the collisionless dark matter, which acts back on the original…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Robert W. Nelson , Scott Tremaine

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) has gathered growing attention as a solution to the small scale problems of the collisionless cold dark matter (DM). We investigate the SIDM using stellar kinematics of 23 ultra-faint dwarf (UFD) galaxies…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-27 Kohei Hayashi , Masahiro Ibe , Shin Kobayashi , Yuhei Nakayama , Satoshi Shirai

Fuzzy dark matter (FDM), an attractive dark matter candidate comprising ultralight bosons (axions) with a particle mass $m_a\sim10^{-22}$ eV, is motivated by the small-scale challenges of cold dark matter and features a kpc-size de Broglie…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-30 Hsun-Yeong Yang , Barry T. Chiang , Guan-Ming Su , Hsi-Yu Schive , Tzihong Chiueh , Jeremiah P. Ostriker

We present the first high-resolution zoom-in simulation of a Milky-way-like halo extracted from the Aquarius Project in the Fuzzy Dark Matter (FDM) framework. We use the N-body code AX-GADGET, based on a particle oriented solution of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-26 Matteo Nori , Andrea V. Macciò , Marco Baldi

One of the challenging questions in cosmology is the nature of dark matter particles. Fuzzy Dark Matter (FDM) is one of the candidates which is made of very light ($m_{FDM}\simeq 10^{-22}-10^{-21}$ eV) bosonic particles with no…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-22 Alireza Maleki , Shant Baghram , Sohrab Rahvar

Inspirals of an Intermediate Mass Black Hole (IMBH) and a solar mass type object will be observable by space based gravitational wave detectors such as The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). A dark matter overdensity around an IMBH…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-28 Niklas Becker , Laura Sagunski , Lukas Prinz , Saeed Rastgoo

The dynamical evolution of super star clusters (SSCs) moving in the background of dark matter halo has been investigated as a possible event causing the observed correlation between the mass of galactic bulge, $M_{bulge}$, and the mass of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Y. N. Fu , J. H. Huang , Z. G. Deng

Gravitational lensing is a universal phenomenon: it affects both gravitational waves (GWs) and electromagnetic signals travelling through the gravitational field of a massive object. In this work, we explore the prospects of observing…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-24 Shashwat Singh , Guilherme Brando , Stefano Savastano , Miguel Zumalacárregui

In this work, we investigate the impact of Poisson noise from stellar-mass primordial black holes (PBHs) on the formation of ultradense dark matter halos (UDMHs). Our findings reveal that the discrete spatial distribution of PBHs…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-11 Saeed Fakhry , Javad T. Firouzjaee

A Fuzzy Dark Matter (FDM) halo consists of a soliton core close to the center and an NFW-like density profile in the outer region. Previous investigations found that the soliton core exhibits temporal oscillations and random walk excursions…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-13 Xinyu Li , Lam Hui , Tomer D. Yavetz

Standard big bang cosmology predicts a cosmic neutrino background at $T_\nu \simeq 1.95~$K. Given the current neutrino oscillation measurements, we know most neutrinos move at large, but non-relativistic, velocities. Therefore, dark matter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-02 Chiamaka Okoli , Morag I. Scrimgeour , Niayesh Afshordi , Michael J. Hudson

We present a systematic study of the ultralight dark matter (ULDM) effects on neutrino oscillations using the latest long-baseline data from the T2K and NO$\nu$A experiments. Our analysis covers both flavor-universal and flavor-general…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-14 Xin-Qiang Li , Hai-Xing Lin , Jian Tang , Sampsa Vihonen

Dark-matter-dominated dwarf galaxies provide an excellent laboratory for testing dark matter models at small scale and, in particular, the ultralight dark matter (ULDM) class of models. Within the framework of self-interacting bosonic dark…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-02 K. Korshynska , E. V. Gorbar , Y. M. Bidasyuk , A. I. Yakimenko , Y. Revaz

We calculate the friction experienced by ultrarelativistic bubble walls resulting from the $1 \rightarrow 2$ light-to-heavy transition process, with finite-wall-width effects fully taken into account. In this process, the light particle is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-10-20 Wen-Yuan Ai

Fuzzy dark matter (FDM) or wave dark matter is an alternative theory designed to solve the small-scale problems faced by the standard cold dark matter proposal for the primary material component of the universe. It is made up of ultra-light…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-08 Mihir Kulkarni , Jeremiah P. Ostriker

Fuzzy dark matter (FDM) has dynamical properties that differ significantly from cold dark matter (CDM). These dynamical differences are strongly manifested on the spatial scale of dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs), which roughly corresponds…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-12-05 Axel Widmark , Tomer D. Yavetz , Xinyu Li

In fuzzy dark matter (FDM) cosmologies, the dark matter consists of ultralight bosons ($m\lesssim10^{-20}$ eV). The astrophysically large de Broglie wavelengths of such particles hinder the formation of low-mass dark matter halos. This…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-20 Jackson Sipple , Adam Lidz , Daniel Grin , Guochao Sun

Dark matter (DM) may be captured around a neutron star (NS) through DM-nucleon interactions. We observe that the enhancement of such capturing is particularly significant when the DM velocity and/or momentum transfer depend on the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-04-11 Chih-Ting Lu , Arvind Kumar Mishra , Lei Wu

We introduce a force correction term to better model the dynamical friction (DF) experienced by a supermassive black hole (SMBH) as it orbits within its host galaxy. This new approach accurately follows the orbital decay of a SMBH and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Michael Tremmel , Fabio Governato , Marta Volonteri , Thomas R. Quinn

We investigate the dynamics of eccentric binary pulsars embedded in dark matter environments. While previous studies have primarily focused on circular orbits in collisionless dark matter halos, we extend this framework to eccentric systems…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-04 Giorgio Nicolini , Andrea Maselli , Miguel Zilhão