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We explore the effect of a supermassive black hole (SMBH) on the density profile of a fuzzy dark matter (FDM) soliton core at the centre of a dark matter halo. We numerically solve the Schr\"odinger-Poisson equations, treating the black…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-11 Elliot Yarnell Davies , Philip Mocz

Recent high-resolution imaging observations of strong lens systems reveal dense low-mass perturbers. We propose a soliton core, whose central density is boosted by a supermassive black hole (SMBH), in the fuzzy dark matter (FDM) model as an…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-23 Masamune Oguri , Naoi Kubo

Measurements of the dynamical environment of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are becoming abundant and precise. We use such measurements to look for ultralight dark matter (ULDM), which is predicted to form dense cores ("solitons") in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-16 Nitsan Bar , Kfir Blum , Thomas Lacroix , Paolo Panci

We study the possibility of identifying dark matter in the galactic center from the physical properties of the electromagnetic radiation emitted from a optical-thin disk region around a static and spherically symmetric black hole. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-06-03 Saurabh , Kimet Jusufi

Ultralight bosonic dark matter called fuzzy dark matter (FDM) has attracted much attention as an alternative to the cold dark matter. An intriguing feature of the FDM model is the presence of a soliton core, a stable dense core formed at…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-07 Atsushi Taruya , Shohei Saga

Scalar-field dark matter (SFDM) halos exhibit a core-envelope structure with soliton-like cores and CDM-like envelopes. Simulations without self-interaction (free-field case) report a core-halo mass relation $M_c\propto M_{h}^{\beta}$, with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-11-08 Luis E. Padilla , Tanja Rindler-Daller , Paul R. Shapiro , Tonatiuh Matos , J. Alberto Vázquez

We investigate the impact of fuzzy dark matter (FDM) on supermassive black holes (SMBHs) characterized by a spherical charge distribution. This work introduces a new class of spherically symmetric, self-gravitational relativistic charged…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-11-22 Z. Yousaf , Bander Almutairi , S. Khan , Kazuharu Bamba

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…

Adaptive-Optics assisted SINFONI observations of the central regions of ten early-type galaxies are presented. Based primarily on the SINFONI kinematics, ten black hole masses occupying the high-mass regime of the M_BH-sigma relation are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 S. P. Rusli , J. Thomas , R. P. Saglia , M. Fabricius , P. Erwin , R. Bender , N. Nowak , C. H. Lee , A. Riffeser , R. Sharp

Soliton cores at the center of fuzzy dark matter (FDM) halos provide a promising way to distinguish FDM from other dark matter models. However, the relation between solitons and their host halos remains contentious. Here, we rigorously…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-18 Pin-Yu Liao , Guan-Ming Su , Hsi-Yu Schive , Alexander Kunkel , Hsinhao Huang , Tzihong Chiueh

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

Dark Matter (DM) is usually studied in connection with rotational curves in the outskirts of the galaxies. However, the role of DM might be different in the galactic bulges and centers where Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) dominate the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-07 Davide Batic , Joud Mojahed Faraji , Marek Nowakowski

We study, for the first time, the shadow of the supermassive black hole Sgr A$^{*}$ at the center of the Milky Way in dark matter halos. For the Cold Dark Matter and Scalar Field Dark Matter models considered in this work, the apparent…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-07-25 Xian Hou , Zhaoyi Xu , Ming Zhou , Jiancheng Wang

We consider \s black hole (BH) embedded in a Dehnen-$(1,4,0)$ type dark matter halo (DDM) with two additional parameters - core radius $r_s$ and core density $\rs$ apart from mass $M$. We analyze the event horizon, photon orbits, and ISCO…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-01 Sohan Kumar Jha

We calculate the effect of dark matter on the ringdown waveform and shadow of supermassive black holes at the core of galaxies. Our main focus is on the supermassive black hole at the core of M87, which is large enough to allow for viable…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-08 Ramin G. Daghigh , Gabor Kunstatter

Observations of massive supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the early universe challenge existing black hole formation models. We propose that soliton cores in fuzzy dark matter (FDM) offer a potential solution to this timing problem. Our…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-17 H. -H. Sandy Chiu , Hsi-Yu Schive , Hsiang-Yi Karen Yang , Hsinhao Huang , Massimo Gaspari

The influence of dark matter (DM) on the growth of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in galaxies is studied. It is shown that gravitational scattering of DM particles on bulge stars leads to diffusion of DM in phase space {m, m_z, I} ('m'…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. I. Zelnikov , E. A. Vasiliev

In this article, we obtain a novel black hole (BH) solution of a Schwarzschild BH immersed in a Hernquist dark matter (SBHD) halo. The thermodynamic properties of the resultant spacetime are then studied to gauge the impact of dark matter…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-01 Sohan Kumar Jha

Fuzzy dark matter (FDM) made of ultra-light bosonic particles is a viable alternative to cold dark matter (CDM) with clearly distinguishable small-scale features in collapsed structures. On large scales, it behaves gravitationally like CDM…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-11 Bodo Schwabe , Jens C. Niemeyer

An intriguing alternative to cold dark matter (CDM) is that the dark matter is a light ( $m \sim 10^{-22}$ eV) boson having a de Broglie wavelength $\lambda \sim 1$ kpc, often called fuzzy dark matter (FDM). We describe the arguments from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-08 Lam Hui , Jeremiah P. Ostriker , Scott Tremaine , Edward Witten
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