Scattering, damping, and acoustic oscillations: Simulating the structure of dark matter halos with relativistic force carriers

We demonstrate that self-interacting dark matter models with interactions mediated by light particles can have significant deviations in the matter power spectrum and detailed structure of galactic halos when compared to a standard cold dark matter scenario. While these deviations can take the form...

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Main Authors: Buckley, Matthew R. (Author), Zavala, Jesus (Author), Cyr-Racine, F (Author), Sigurdson, Kris (Author), Vogelsberger, Mark (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2014-08-25T12:38:26Z.
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