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Current images of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) candidates at the center of our Galaxy and M87 have opened an unprecedented era for studying strong gravity and the nature of relativistic sources. Very-long-baseline interferometry…

Galactic dark matter (DM) particles, having non-gravitational interactions with nucleons, can interact with stellar constituents and eventually become captured within stars. Over the lifetime of the celestial body, these non-annihilating,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-12-04 Sulagna Bhattacharya

We generalize the Thomas-Fermi approach to galaxy structure to include self-consistently and non-linearly central supermassive black holes. This approach naturally incorporates the quantum pressure of the warm dark matter (WDM) particles…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-04-26 Hector J. de Vega , Norma G. Sanchez

The interplay between supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and their surrounding environment is fundamental to understanding galactic evolution. This work investigates the influence of a cold dark matter (DM) halo on the dynamics of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-19 Avijit Chowdhury , Gargi Sen , Sayan Chakrabarti , Santabrata Das

Hawking evaporation of primordial black holes (PBH) with masses ranging from $\sim 10^{-1}$ to $\sim 10^9$ g can generate the whole observed dark matter (DM) relic density. However, a second DM production mechanism, like freeze-out or…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 Nicolás Bernal , Óscar Zapata

Dark matter (DM) can form dense condensates around black holes (BHs), such as superradiant clouds and ultracompact mini halos, which can significantly affect the orbital evolution of their companion objects through dynamical friction (DF).…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-22 Qianhang Ding , Minxi He , Hui-Yu Zhu

Axion dark matter (DM) is studied on the formation of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at high red shift $z$. It is shown that the attractive self interaction of this DM may solve the tension between the high angular momentum of SMBH and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-12-27 Takeshi Fukuyama

We calculate the radial profiles of galaxies where the nuclear region is self-gravitating, consisting of self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) with $F$ degrees of freedom. For sufficiently high density this dark matter becomes collisional,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-09-07 Curtis J. Saxton , Ziri Younsi , Kinwah Wu

Fuzzy dark matter (FDM) consisting of ultra-light axions has been invoked to alleviate galactic-scale problems in the cold dark matter scenario. FDM fluctuations, created via the superposition of waves, can impact the motion of a central…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-07 Amr El-Zant , Zacharias Roupas , Joseph Silk

In this paper, we derive a novel Schwarzschild-like black hole (BH) solution describing a static and asymptotically flat BH surrounded by a dark matter (DM) halo with a Dehnen-type density distribution in the surrounding environment. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-11-05 Ahmad Al-Badawi , Sanjar Shaymatov , Yassine Sekhmani

The nature of Dark Matter (DM) remains mysterious despite the substantial evidence from astrophysical and cosmological observations. While the majority of DM in our universe is non-relativistic, collisionless and its equation of state (EoS)…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-01 Zhong-Ming Xie , Yong Tang

We review the motivation and search for supermassive black holes (BHs) in galaxies. Energetic nuclear activity provides indirect but compelling evidence for BH engines. Ground-based dynamical searches for central dark objects are reviewed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 John Kormendy , Karl Gebhardt

We investigate the viability of a simple dark matter (DM) model consisting of a single fermion in the context of galactic dynamics. We use a consistent approach that does not presume a particular DM density profile but instead requires that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-10-16 K. Pal , L. V. Sales , J. Wudka

We consider the possibility of having Dark Matter (DM) black holes motivated by the Einasto density profile. This generalizes both the noncommutative mini black hole model and allows DM to enter as the matter constituent which makes up the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-09-03 Davide Batic , Deena Asem Abuhejleh , Marek Nowakowski

Evidence for a stochastic gravitational wave (GW) background, plausibly originating from the merger of supermassive black holes (SMBHs), is accumulating with observations from pulsar timing arrays. An outstanding question is how inspiraling…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-04 Gonzalo Alonso-Álvarez , James M. Cline , Caitlyn Dewar

Dark matter (DM), a fundamental cosmic component, motivates the study of its influence on black hole (BH) shadows, especially for spinning BHs confirmed by EHT observations. This work generalizes the Schwarzschild BH surrounded by DM to an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-26 Haiyuan Feng , Ziqiang Cai , Rong-Jia Yang , Jinjun Zhang

Observational studies of nearby galaxies have demonstrated correlations between the mass of the central supermassive black holes (BHs) and properties of the host galaxies, notably the stellar bulge mass or central stellar velocity…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Akos Bogdan , Andy D. Goulding

The nature of dark matter is still mysterious despite various astronomical evidence. As a possible candidate, self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) can potentially resolve some issues appearing in cold dark matter paradigm. Here we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-03 Mu-Chun Chen , Yong Tang

In this work, we derive novel exact solutions describing Schwarzschild-like black holes (BHs) embedded in a Dehnen-type dark matter (DM) halo density profile and investigate their geometric, dynamical, and observational signatures arising…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-30 Azalbek Boltaev , Tursunali Xamidov , Sanjar Shaymatov

We study the matter power spectrum constraint on primordial black holes (PBH) by the dark matter (DM) emitted through Hawking radiation. We particularly focus on the scenario where PBH, with mass ranges between 1g and $10^9$g, evaporates…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-06 Yu-Ming Chen