On the Dynamical Heating of Dwarf Galaxies in a Fuzzy Dark Matter Halo

Fuzzy dark matter (FDM), consisting of ultralight bosons, is an intriguing alternative to cold dark matter. Numerical simulations solving the Schrödinger–Poisson (SP) equation, which governs FDM dynamics, show that FDM halos consist of a central solitonic core (representing the ground state of the S...

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Main Authors: Dhruba Dutta Chowdhury, Frank C. van den Bosch, Pieter van Dokkum, Victor H. Robles, Hsi-Yu Schive, Tzihong Chiueh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acc73d