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We investigate the effect of an assembly history on the evolution of dark matter (DM) halos of 10^{12} Msun/h using Constrained Realizations of random Gaussian fields. Five different realizations of a DM halo with distinct merging histories…

We use cosmological hydrodynamic simulations to consistently compare the assembly of dwarf galaxies in both $\Lambda$ dominated, Cold (CDM) and Self--Interacting (SIDM) dark matter models. The SIDM model adopts a constant cross section of 2…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-28 A. Bastidas Fry , F. Governato , A. Pontzen , T. Quinn , M. Tremmel , L. Anderson , H. Menon , A. M. Brooks , J. Wadsley

We examine the impact of moderate repulsive self-interactions on fuzzy dark matter halos generated by merging smaller Gaussian density concentrations. We study the size of the core and the granules, the spatial dependence of the field's…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-31 Milos Indjin , Nick Keepfer , I-Kang Liu , Nick P. Proukakis , Gerasimos Rigopoulos

Cosmological simulations of the $\Lambda$CDM model suggest that the dark matter halos of dwarf galaxies are denser in their center than what observational data of such galaxies imply. In this letter, we propose a novel solution to this…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-07-18 Xiaoyong Chu , Camilo Garcia-Cely

Self-Interacting Dark Matter is an attractive alternative to the Cold Dark Matter paradigm only if it is able to substantially reduce the central densities of dwarf-size haloes while keeping the densities and shapes of cluster-size haloes…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-26 Jesus Zavala , Mark Vogelsberger , Matthew G. Walker

We investigate the effects of self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) on the tidal stripping and evaporation of satellite galaxies in a Milky Way-like host. We use a suite of five zoom-in, dark-matter-only simulations, two with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-09-14 Gregory A. Dooley , Annika H. G. Peter , Mark Vogelsberger , Jesús Zavala , Anna Frebel

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

We develop models of two-component spherical galaxies to establish scaling relations linking the properties of spheroids at $z=0$ (total stellar masses, effective radii $R_e$ and velocity dispersions within $R_e$) to the properties of their…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-07-20 Adam C Larkin , Dean E McLaughlin

We study the structure of Milky Way (MW)- and cluster-sized halos in a Lambda Cold Dark Matter (CDM) cosmology with self-interacting (SI) dark particles. The cross section per unit of particle mass has the form sigma = sig_0(1/v_100)^alpha,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Colin , V. Avila-Reese , O. Valenzuela , C. Firmani

The statistical mechanics of N cold dark matter (CDM) particles interacting via a softened gravitational potential is reviewed in the microcanonical ensemble and mean-field limit. A phase diagram for the system is computed as a function of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Cathryn M. Trott , Andrew Melatos

We study the early stage of the formation of seed supermassive black holes via direct collapse in dark matter (DM) halos, in the cosmological context. We perform high-resolution zoom-in simulations of such collapse at high-$z$. Using the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-06-26 Jun-Hwan Choi , Isaac Shlosman , Mitchell C. Begelman

The self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) paradigm offers a potential solution to the small-scale structure problems faced by collision-less cold dark matter. This framework incorporates self-interactions among dark matter particles,…

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We present the first $N$-body simulations that adapt the equations of smoothed particle hydrodynamics to capture the effect of dark matter self-interactions which are too frequent to be resolved explicitly. The relevant energy transfer…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-22 Janis Kummer , Marcus Brüggen , Klaus Dolag , Felix Kahlhoefer , Kai Schmidt-Hoberg

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) models offer one way to reconcile inconsistencies between observations and predictions from collisionless cold dark matter (CDM) models on dwarf-galaxy scales. In order to incorporate the effects of both…

We explore for the first time the effect of self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) on the dark matter (DM) and baryonic distribution in massive galaxies formed in hydrodynamical cosmological simulations, including explicit baryonic physics…

We develop a spherical self-similar model for the formation of a galaxy through gas collapsing in an isolated self-gravitating dark matter halo. We improve upon the existing literature on self-similar collapse in two ways. First, we include…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-05 Premvijay Velmani , Aseem Paranjape

The nature of the dark matter can affect the collapse time of dark matter haloes, and can therefore be imprinted in observables such as the stellar population ages and star formation histories of dwarf galaxies. In this paper we use high…

Recent claims of observational evidence for self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) have relied on a semi-analytic method for predicting the density profiles of galaxies and galaxy clusters containing SIDM. We present a thorough description of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-01 Andrew Robertson , Richard Massey , Vincent Eke , Joop Schaye , Tom Theuns

This study investigates the characteristic polarization formation and evolution of vector dark matter (VDM) in the outer halo of galaxies. By employing numerical simulations, we analyze the behavior of VDM under different initial conditions…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-05 Jiajun Chen , Le Hoang Nguyen , David J. E. Marsh

We consider the scenario of self-interacting dark matter(SIDM) with a light mediator in a model-independent way, which can alleviate two long-standing issues of the small scale cosmology namely cusp vs. core and too-big-to-fail. A Yukawa…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-01-02 Utkarsh Patel , Sudhanwa Patra