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We examine the nonlinear structure of gravitationally collapsed objects that form in our simulations of wavelike cold dark matter ($\psi$DM), described by the Schr\"{o}dinger-Poisson (SP) equation with a particle mass $\sim 10^{-22} {\rm…

We present a comprehensive series of dissipationless N-body simulations to investigate the evolution of density distribution in equal-mass mergers between dark matter (DM) halos and multicomponent galaxies. The DM halo models are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Stelios Kazantzidis , Andrew R. Zentner , Andrey V. Kravtsov

We study the effect of self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) and baryons on the shape of early-type galaxies (ETGs) and their dark matter haloes, comparing them to the predictions of the cold dark matter (CDM) scenario. We use five…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-14 Giulia Despali , Levi G. Walls , Simona Vegetti , Martin Sparre , Mark Vogelsberger , Jesús Zavala

This work aims at assessing the impact of DM self-interactions on the properties of galaxy clusters. In particular, the goal is to study the angular dependence of the cross section by testing rare (large angle scattering) and frequent…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-24 Antonio Ragagnin , Massimo Meneghetti , Francesco Calura , Giulia Despali , Klaus Dolag , Moritz S. Fischer , Carlo Giocoli , Lauro Moscardini

We present the first simulated galaxy clusters (M_200 > 10^14 Msun) with both self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) and baryonic physics. They exhibit a greater diversity in both dark matter and stellar density profiles than their…

Dark matter annihilation might power the first luminous stars in the Universe. These types of stars, known as dark stars, could form in $(10^6\mathrm{-}10^8)\,M_\odot$ protohalos at redshifts $z \sim 20$, and they could be much more…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-08-30 Youjia Wu , Sebastian Baum , Katherine Freese , Luca Visinelli , Hai-Bo Yu

Strong gravitational lensing has emerged as a powerful probe of dark matter substructure, and shows particularly strong promise as a test of self-interacting dark matter (SIDM). The compact halos produced by SIDM can leave distinct imprints…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-26 Charlie Mace , Birendra Dhanasingham , Zhichao Carton Zeng , Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine , Xiaolong Du , Annika H. G. Peter , Andrew Benson

We present one-dimensional models of the hot gas in dark-matter halos, which both predict the existence of cool cores and explain their structure. Our models are directly applicable to semi-analytic models (SAMs) of galaxy formation. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-05 Prateek Sharma , Michael McCourt , Ian J. Parrish , Eliot Quataert

We present SIDM Concerto: $14$ cosmological zoom-in simulations in cold dark matter (CDM) and self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) models based on the Symphony and Milky Way-est suites. SIDM Concerto includes one Large Magellanic Cloud-…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-30 Ethan O. Nadler , Demao Kong , Daneng Yang , Hai-Bo Yu

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) is increasingly studied as a potential solution to small-scale discrepancies between simulations of cold dark matter (CDM) and observations. We examine a physically motivated two-state SIDM model with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-30 Aidan Leonard , Stephanie O'Neil , Xuejian Shen , Mark Vogelsberger , Olivia Rosenstein , Hoatian Shangguan , Yuanhong Teng , Jiayi Hu

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) is a well-motivated extension of cold dark matter that can modify halo structure on galactic and group scales while remaining consistent with large-scale structure. However, practical SIDM work often…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-09 Nalin Dhiman

The formation and stability of collisionless self-gravitating systems are long standing problems, which date back to the work of D. Lynden-Bell on violent relaxation and extends to the issue of virialization of dark matter (DM) halos. An…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-06-07 Carlos R. Argüelles , Manuel I. Díaz , Andreas Krut , Rafael Yunis

Milky Way (MW) satellites exhibit a diverse range of internal kinematics, reflecting in turn a diverse set of subhalo density profiles. These profiles include large cores and dense cusps, which any successful dark matter model must explain…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-25 Tamar Meshveliani , Jesús Zavala , Mark R. Lovell

We present a statistical study of black hole (BH) formation and growth seeded by gravothermal core collapse of self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) halos at high redshift, using a cosmological semi-analytical framework based on Monte Carlo…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-27 Fangzhou Jiang , Zixiang Jia , Haonan Zheng , Luis C. Ho , Kohei Inayoshi , Xuejian Shen , Mark Vogelsberger , Wei-Xiang Feng

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

We study the gravothermal evolution of dark matter halos in the presence of dissipative dark matter self-interactions. Dissipative interactions are present in many particle-physics realizations of the dark-sector paradigm and can…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-09-25 Rouven Essig , Samuel D. McDermott , Hai-Bo Yu , Yi-Ming Zhong

Exothermic scatterings of dark matter (DM) produce DM particles with significant kick velocities inside DM halos. In collaboration with DM self-interaction, the excess kinetic energy of the produced DM particles is distributed to the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-08-19 Ayuki Kamada , Hee Jung Kim

We use numerical simulations of critically-closed cold dark matter (CDM) models to study the effects of numerical resolution on observable quantities. We study simulations with up to $256^3$ particles using the particle-mesh (PM) method and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 James M. Gelb , Edmund Bertschinger

Understanding dark matter halo dynamics can be pivotal in unravelling the nature of dark matter particles. Analytical treatment of the multistream flows inside the turnaround region of a collapsed cold dark matter (CDM) halo using various…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-28 Abineet Parichha , Stephane Colombi , Shohei Saga , Atsushi Taruya

Multicomponent dark matter with self-interactions, which allows for inter-conversions of species into one another, is a promising paradigm that is known to successfully and simultaneously resolve major problems of the conventional…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-26 Keita Todoroki , Mikhail V. Medvedev