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Title: The diverse density profiles of galaxy clusters with self-interacting dark matter plus baryons

Journal Article · · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
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  1. Durham University (United Kingdom)
  2. University of York (United Kingdom)
  3. University of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
  4. Leiden University (Netherlands); Max-Planck-Institut fur Astrophysik, Garching (Germany)
  5. University of Manchester (United Kingdom); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
  6. Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool (United Kingdom)
  7. Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife (Spain); Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife (Spain)
  8. University of Manchester (United Kingdom)
  9. Durham University (United Kingdom); Leiden University (Netherlands)
  10. Leiden University (Netherlands)

We present the first simulated galaxy clusters (M200 > 1014 M) 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 counterparts in simulations with collisionless dark matter (CDM), which is generated by the complex interplay between dark matter self-interactions and baryonic physics. Despite variations in formation history, we demonstrate that analytical Jeans modelling predicts the SIDM density profiles remarkably well, and the diverse properties of the haloes can be understood in terms of their different final baryon distributions.

Research Organization:
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); Science and Technology Facilities Council; EU Horizon 2020; Hellman Fellows Fund; Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation of Spain (MINECO)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0008541; ST/K501979/1; ST/L00075X/1; ST/L000768/1; 747645; AYA2014-58308; RYC-2015-1807
OSTI ID:
1540632
Journal Information:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Vol. 476, Issue 1; ISSN 1745-3925
Publisher:
Royal Astronomical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 59 works
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