Self-interacting dark matter

In astrophysics self-interacting dark matter is a hypothetical form of dark matter consisting of particles with strong self-interactions. This type of dark matter was postulated to resolve a number of conflicts between observations and simulations on the galactic scale and smaller.^[1]^[2] Self-interacting dark matter has also been postulated as an explanation for the DAMA annual modulation signal.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ Spergel, David N.; Steinhardt, Paul J. (24 April 2000). "Observational evidence for self-interacting cold dark matter". Physical Review Letters. 84 (17): 3760–3763. arXiv:astro-ph/9909386. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.3760.
^ Wandelt, Benjamin D.; Davé, Romeel; Farrar, Glennys R.; McGuire, Patrick C.; Spergel, David N.; Steinhardt, Paul J. (2000). Self-Interacting Dark Matter (PDF). Dark Matter. Marina del Rey. arXiv:astro-ph/0006344.
^ Mitra, Saibal (15 June 2005). "Has DAMA detected self-interacting dark matter?". Physical Review D. 71 (12): 121302. arXiv:astro-ph/0409121. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.71.121302.
^ Moskowitz, Clara (20 April 2015). "Dark Matter May Feel a "Dark Force" That the Rest of the Universe Does Not". Scientific American.
^ "The behaviour of dark matter associated with four bright cluster galaxies in the 10 kpc core of Abell 3827". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 449 (4P): 3393–3406. June 2015. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv467.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

Bertone, Gianfranco (2010). Particle Dark Matter: Observations, Models and Searches. Cambridge University Press. p. 762. ISBN 978-0-521-76368-4.
Musser, George (May 2000). "What's the Matter?". Scientific American. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0500-24.
Lawrence, Krauss (2000). Quintessence: The Search for Missing Mass in the Universe. Basic Books. p. 384. ISBN 978-0465037414.

[sper-1] Spergel, David N.; Steinhardt, Paul J. (24 April 2000). "Observational evidence for self-interacting cold dark matter". Physical Review Letters. 84 (17): 3760–3763. arXiv:astro-ph/9909386. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.3760.

[wand-2] Wandelt, Benjamin D.; Davé, Romeel; Farrar, Glennys R.; McGuire, Patrick C.; Spergel, David N.; Steinhardt, Paul J. (2000). Self-Interacting Dark Matter (PDF). Dark Matter. Marina del Rey. arXiv:astro-ph/0006344.

[mit-3] Mitra, Saibal (15 June 2005). "Has DAMA detected self-interacting dark matter?". Physical Review D. 71 (12): 121302. arXiv:astro-ph/0409121. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.71.121302.

[4] Moskowitz, Clara (20 April 2015). "Dark Matter May Feel a "Dark Force" That the Rest of the Universe Does Not". Scientific American.

[5] "The behaviour of dark matter associated with four bright cluster galaxies in the 10 kpc core of Abell 3827". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 449 (4P): 3393–3406. June 2015. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv467.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

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