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We consider the cosmological consequences if a small fraction ($f\lesssim 0.1$) of the dark matter is ultra-strongly self-interacting, with an elastic self-interaction cross-section per unit mass $\sigma\gg1\ \mathrm{cm^{2}/g}$. This…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Jason Pollack , David N. Spergel , Paul J. Steinhardt

It has been proposed that the stellar cores observed in ultra-faint dwarf (UFD) galaxies reflect underlying dark matter (DM) cores that cannot be formed by stellar feedback acting on collisionless cold dark matter (CDM) halos. Assuming this…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-14 Jorge Sanchez Almeida

In this thesis, we investigate the possibility that dark matter consists of ultra light spin-zero particles with mass $m \sim 10^{-22}\ \text{eV}$. We focus on the role of self-interactions, assuming all other non-gravitational couplings to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-01 Bihag Dave

A strongly interacting massive particle (SIMP) is an interesting candidate for dark matter (DM) because its self-interaction cross section can be naturally strong enough to address the astrophysical problem of small-scale structure…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-10-14 Ayuki Kamada , Masaki Yamada , Tsutomu T. Yanagida

We present a detailed comparison of a Local Group dwarf galaxy analogue evolved in two cosmological models: the standard $\Lambda$CDM and a self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) model with a velocity-dependent cross-section. Both simulations…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-08 Thales A. Gutcke , Giulia Despali , Stephanie O'Neil , Mark Vogelsberger , Azadeh Fattahi , David B. Sanders

Based on observational constraints on large scale structure and halo structure, dark matter is generally taken to be cold and essentially collisionless. On the other hand, given the large number of particles and forces in the visible world,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-09 JiJi Fan , Andrey Katz , Lisa Randall , Matthew Reece

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) is the leading framework resolving small-scale cold dark matter (CDM) crises, yet high-redshift SIDM constraints are fundamentally limited by degeneracies between dark matter microphysics and galaxy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-22 Zihan Wang , Huanyuan Shan

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) models feature short-range interactions between dark matter (DM) particles that lead to larger diversity in the inner parts of galactic rotation curves and potentially unique gravitational lensing…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-23 David Klemmer , Moritz S. Fischer , Kimberly K. Boddy , Manoj Kaplinghat , Laura Sagunski

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,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-01-03 Chengcheng Han , Ke-Pan Xie , Jin Min Yang , Mengchao Zhang

We review theories of dark matter (DM) beyond the collisionless paradigm, known as self-interacting dark matter (SIDM), and their observable implications for astrophysical structure in the Universe. Self-interactions are motivated, in part,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-03-14 Sean Tulin , Hai-Bo Yu

The properties of low-mass dark matter (DM) halos appear to be remarkably diverse relative to cold, collisionless DM predictions, even in the presence of baryons. We show that self-interacting DM (SIDM) can simultaneously explain…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-12-01 Ethan O. Nadler , Daneng Yang , Hai-Bo Yu

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM), through gravothermal evolution driven by elastic self-scatterings, offers a compelling explanation for the observed diversity of inner halo densities. In this work, we investigate SIDM dynamics in a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-16 Daneng Yang , Yue-Lin Sming Tsai , Yi-Zhong Fan

We propose a two-component asymmetric FIMP (feebly interacting massive particle) dark matter (DM) model in which both DM candidates are real scalar fields. The model is an extension of the Standard Model (SM) by two scalar DM components and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-26 S. Peyman Zakeri

The small scale observations indicate that the dark matter may be self-interacting. In this paper, we calculate the shear ($\eta$) and bulk viscosity ($\zeta$) of Self Interacting Dark Matter (SIDM) fluid, in kinetic theory formalism.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-27 Arvind Kumar Mishra

Core formation and runaway core collapse in models with self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) significantly alter the central density profiles of collapsed halos. Using a forward modeling inference framework with simulated datasets, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-07 Daniel Gilman , Jo Bovy , Tommaso Treu , Anna Nierenberg , Simon Birrer , Andrew Benson , Omid Sameie

We present an improved semi-analytical model to predict density profiles of self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) halos and apply it to constrain the self-scattering cross section using SPARC galaxy rotation curves. Building on the isothermal…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-27 Zixiang Jia , Fangzhou Jiang , Shubo Li , Ran Li , Jing Wang , Ling Zhu

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) can address the small-scale anomalies and previous researches focused on such a SIDM heavier than GeV, for which the self-scattering cross-section is in the quantum resonance region and has a non-trivial…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-10-29 Wu-Long Xu , Jin Min Yang , Bin Zhu

The dark matter density distribution in small-scale astrophysical objects may indicate that dark matter is self-interacting, while observations from clusters of galaxies suggest that the corresponding cross section depends on the velocity.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-02-27 Xiaoyong Chu , Camilo Garcia-Cely , Hitoshi Murayama

The observed anti-correlation between the central dark matter (DM) densities of the bright Milky Way (MW) dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) and their orbital pericenter distances poses a potential signature of self-interacting dark matter…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-03 Camila A. Correa

Self interacting dark matter (SIDM) provides us with a consistent solution to certain astrophysical observations in conflict with collision-less cold DM paradigm. In this work we estimate the shear viscosity $(\eta)$ and bulk viscosity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-28 Abhishek Atreya , Jitesh R. Bhatt , Arvind Mishra