Dark matter self-interactions and small scale structure

S Tulin, HB Yu - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

A new era in the search for dark matter

G Bertone, TMP Tait - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
There is a growing sense of 'crisis' in the dark-matter particle community, which arises from
the absence of evidence for the most popular candidates for dark-matter particles—such as …

A next-generation liquid xenon observatory for dark matter and neutrino physics

J Aalbers, SS AbdusSalam, K Abe… - Journal of Physics G …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The nature of dark matter and properties of neutrinos are among the most pressing issues in
contemporary particle physics. The dual-phase xenon time-projection chamber is the …

Dark matter halos as particle colliders: unified solution to small-scale structure puzzles from dwarfs to clusters

M Kaplinghat, S Tulin, HB Yu - Physical Review Letters, 2016 - APS
Astrophysical observations spanning dwarf galaxies to galaxy clusters indicate that dark
matter (DM) halos are less dense in their central regions compared to expectations from …

The impact of baryonic physics on the structure of dark matter haloes: the view from the FIRE cosmological simulations

TK Chan, D Kereš, J Oñorbe, PF Hopkins… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We study the distribution of cold dark matter (CDM) in cosmological simulations from the
FIRE (Feedback In Realistic Environments) project, for M*∼ 104–11 M⊙ galaxies in M h∼ …

Self-interacting dark matter can explain diverse galactic rotation curves

A Kamada, M Kaplinghat, AB Pace, HB Yu - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
The rotation curves of spiral galaxies exhibit a diversity that has been difficult to understand
in the cold dark matter (CDM) paradigm. We show that the self-interacting dark matter …

A Self-interacting Dark Matter Solution to the Extreme Diversity of Low-mass Halo Properties

EO Nadler, D Yang, HB Yu - The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

ETHOS–an effective theory of structure formation: dark matter physics as a possible explanation of the small-scale CDM problems

M Vogelsberger, J Zavala… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We present the first simulations within an effective theory of structure formation (ETHOS),
which includes the effect of interactions between dark matter and dark radiation on the linear …

[HTML][HTML] Snowmass2021 theory frontier white paper: Astrophysical and cosmological probes of dark matter

KK Boddy, M Lisanti, SD McDermott, NL Rodd… - Journal of High Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
While astrophysical and cosmological probes provide a remarkably precise and consistent
picture of the quantity and general properties of dark matter, its fundamental nature remains …

Strong lensing signatures of self-interacting dark matter in low-mass haloes

D Gilman, J Bovy, T Treu, A Nierenberg… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Core formation and runaway core collapse in models with self-interacting dark matter (SIDM)
significantly alter the central density profiles of collapsed haloes. Using a forward modelling …