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An alternative bosonic dark matter model is examined in detail via high-resolution simulations. These bosons have particle mass of order $10^{-22}eV$ and are non-interacting. If they do exist and can account for structure formation, these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-15 Tak-Pong Woo , Tzihong Chiueh

Abundance matching between galaxies and halos has proven to be an informative technique, less dependent on detailed physical approximations than some other methods. We extend the discussion to the dwarf galaxies realm and to the study of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-14 Pierre Cristofari , Jeremiah P. Ostriker

Extremely light bosonic wave dark matter ($\psi$DM) is an emerging dark matter candidate contesting the conventional cold dark matter paradigm and a model subject to intense scrutiny of late. This work for the first time reports testable…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-16 James H. H. Chan , Hsi-Yu Schive , Shing-Kwong Wong , Tzihong Chiueh , Tom Broadhurst

A very light boson of mass $\mathcal{O}(10^{-22})$ eV may potentially be a viable dark matter (DM) candidate which can avoid phenomenological problems associated with cold DM. Such "fuzzy DM (FDM)" may naturally be an axion with a decay…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-04-12 Hooman Davoudiasl , Christopher W. Murphy

We investigate nonlinear structure formation in the fuzzy dark matter (FDM) model using both numerical and perturbative techniques. On the numerical side, we examine the virtues and limitations of a Schrodinger-Poisson solver (wave…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-27 Xinyu Li , Lam Hui , Greg L. Bryan

In recent astronomical observations, an almost dark galaxy, designated as Nube, has unveiled an intriguing anomaly in its stellar distribution. Specifically, Nube exhibits an exceptionally low central brightness, with the 2D half-light…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-12 Yu-Ming Yang , Xiao-Jun Bi , Peng-Fei Yin

In the fuzzy dark matter (FDM) model, dark matter is composed of ultra-light particles with a de Broglie wavelength of $\sim$kpc, above which it behaves like cold dark matter (CDM). Due to this, FDM suppresses the growth of structure on…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-01 Debanjan Sarkar , Jordan Flitter , Ely D. Kovetz

The fuzzy dark matter model (FDM, also known as quantum wave dark matter model) argues that light bosons with a mass of $\sim10^{-22}{\;{\rm eV}}$ are a possible candidate for dark matter in the Universe. One of the most important…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-02-12 Zhi Li , Juntai Shen , Hsi-Yu Schive

Ultra-light dark matter (ULDM) refers to a class of theories, including ultra-light axions, in which particles with mass $m_{\psi} < 10^{-20}\, \rm{eV}$ comprise a significant fraction of the dark matter. A galactic scale de Broglie…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-28 Alexander Laroche , Daniel Gilman , Xinyu Li , Jo Bovy , Xiaolong Du

According to the Schr\"odinger-Poisson equations, fuzzy dark matter (FDM) can form a stable equilibrium configuration, the so-called FDM soliton. In principle, given the FDM particle mass, the profile of the FDM soliton is fixed. In…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-08-29 Chen Tan , M. Le Delliou , Ke Wang

The fuzzy dark matter (FDM) model treats DM as a bosonic field with astrophysically large de Broglie wavelength. A striking feature of this model is $\mathcal{O}(1)$ fluctuations in the dark matter density on time scales which are shorter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-07 David J. E. Marsh , Jens C. Niemeyer

Stability properties of gravitationally bound condensates composed of ultralight axionic Fuzzy Dark Matter (FDM) are studied. Previous work has shown that astrophysical collisions could make self-gravitating condensates structurally…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-11 Joshua Eby , Madelyn Leembruggen , Peter Suranyi , L. C. R. Wijewardhana

In this paper we study the behavior of test particles on top of a galactic-type of Fuzzy Dark Matter (FDM) structure, characterized by the core-halo density profile found in simulations. Our workhorse structure is an anisotropic,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-05 Ivan Alvarez-Rios , Francisco S. Guzman

Cosmological simulations of fuzzy dark matter (FDM) are computationally expensive, and the resulting halos lack flexibility in parameter adjustments, such as virial mass, density profile, and global velocity. Previous studies have…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-07 Yu-Ming Yang , Xiao-Jun Bi , Peng-Fei Yin

The Scalar Field Dark Matter (SFDM) model, also called Fuzzy, Wave, Bose-Einstein, Ultra-light Dark Matter, has received a lot of attention because it has been able to provide simpler and more natural explanations for various features of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-28 Tonatiuh Matos

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

Stellar and gas kinematics of galaxies are a sensitive probe of the dark matter distribution in the halo. The popular fuzzy dark matter models predict the peculiar shape of density distribution in galaxies: specific dense core with sharp…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-07 Mariia Khelashvili , Anton Rudakovskyi , Sabine Hossenfelder

Cold dark matter (CDM) has shown to be an excellent candidate for the dark matter (DM) of the Universe at large scales, however it presents some challenges at the galactic level. The scalar field dark matter (SFDM), also called fuzzy, wave,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-07 Tula Bernal , Lizbeth M. Fernández-Hernández , Tonatiuh Matos , Mario A. Rodríguez-Meza

The axion-like particles with ultralight mass ($\sim10^{-22}$eV) can be a possible candidate of dark matter, known as the fuzzy dark matter (FDM). These particles form Bose-Einstein condensate in the early Universe which can explain the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-01-14 Shreyansh S. Dave , Sanatan Digal

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