Co-interacting dark matter
Abstract
We propose a novel mechanism with two component dark matter models. The subdominant dark matter can thermalize the dominant one in galaxies, and leads to core density profiles. Using ultralight dark photons and GeV-TeV Dirac fermions as an example, we couple the two dark matter candidates with a U(1) interaction. This mechanism differs from self-interacting dark matter, due to three effects: (1) higher occupation numbers, (2) forward-backward scattering cancellation, and (3) the multiple scatterings required for the heavy dark matter. Furthermore, the Bullet Cluster bound is evaded due to the reduced Bose enhancement factor. Unlike the fuzzy dark matter solution to the small structure problems which have tension with Lyman-α, the ultralight dark photons with mass ≳10-21 eV can have a core profile through interactions with ψ and are not constrained by other astrophysical observations.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; European Research Council (ERC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1579591
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1660953
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; NEO-NAT
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 100 Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; dark matter; particle dark matter; hypothetical gauge bosons
Citation Formats
Liu, Jia, Wang, Xiao-Ping, and Xue, Wei. Co-interacting dark matter. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.123012.
Liu, Jia, Wang, Xiao-Ping, & Xue, Wei. Co-interacting dark matter. United States. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.123012.
Liu, Jia, Wang, Xiao-Ping, and Xue, Wei. Tue .
"Co-interacting dark matter". United States. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.123012.
@article{osti_1579591,
title = {Co-interacting dark matter},
author = {Liu, Jia and Wang, Xiao-Ping and Xue, Wei},
abstractNote = {We propose a novel mechanism with two component dark matter models. The subdominant dark matter can thermalize the dominant one in galaxies, and leads to core density profiles. Using ultralight dark photons and GeV-TeV Dirac fermions as an example, we couple the two dark matter candidates with a U(1) interaction. This mechanism differs from self-interacting dark matter, due to three effects: (1) higher occupation numbers, (2) forward-backward scattering cancellation, and (3) the multiple scatterings required for the heavy dark matter. Furthermore, the Bullet Cluster bound is evaded due to the reduced Bose enhancement factor. Unlike the fuzzy dark matter solution to the small structure problems which have tension with Lyman-α, the ultralight dark photons with mass ≳10-21 eV can have a core profile through interactions with ψ and are not constrained by other astrophysical observations.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.100.123012},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 12,
volume = 100,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {12}
}
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.123012
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