학술논문

Probing ultralight and degenerate dark matter with galactic dynamics
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Working Paper
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High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
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Abstract
This short contributions summarizes a couple of recent results to test dark matter properties with galactic dynamics. First, I will present the impact in rotation curves from solitonic structures expected at the center of galaxies for ultralight bosonic dark matter. As a result, one can claim that masses of the order $m_{\rm DM}\lesssim 10^{-21}$eV are in tension with data. Second, I will discuss how the dark matter medium properties change the way a `probe' interacts with the halo. I will focus on dynamical friction and show how it is modified in the case of degenerate fermions. This result may be used to address the Fornax timing problem. I hope that this contribution represents an inspiration to continue exploring other ideas in this direction of using galactic dynamics to tell apart different dark matter models.
Comment: 8 pages, 1 figure. Proceedings of 1st General Meeting and 1st Training School of the COST Action COSMIC WSIPers (COSMICWISPers) 5-14 September, 2023