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自相互作用暗物质的宇宙学模拟I:恒密度核和子结构

Cosmological Simulations with Self-Interacting Dark Matter I: Constant Density Cores and Substructure

Miguel Rocha, Annika H. G. Peter, James S. Bullock, Manoj Kaplinghat, Shea Garrison-Kimmel, Jose Onorbe, Leonidas A. Moustakas

摘要:

我们利用宇宙学模拟研究了自相互作用暗物质(SIDM)对从旋涡星系到星系团尺度的暗物质晕的密度分布和亚结构计数的影响,重点研究了暗物质粒子质量σ/m = 1和0.1 cm^2/g的截面模型.我们的模拟依赖于一个新的SIDM N-体算法,该算法是自洽地从玻尔兹曼方程,并再现控制数值实验中的分析预期。我们发现,良好的解决SIDM晕有恒定密度的核心,显着较低的中心密度比CDM同行。相比之下,SIDM晕的subhalo含量仅适度减少CDM相比,与抑制最大的大型主机和小晕中心距离。此外,SIDM中的大规模聚类和晕圈圆速度函数实际上与CDM相同,这意味着CDM的所有大规模成功都与SIDM同样匹配。从我们最大的截面运行,我们能够提取的核心大小和中心密度在一定范围内的晕大小的比例关系,并找到一个SIDM晕的核心半径和NFW规模半径的CDM对应之间的强相关性。我们构建了一个简单的分析模型,CDM标度关系的基础上,捕捉SIDM晕的标度关系的各个方面。我们的结果表明,在σ/m = 1 cm ^2/g模型中,晕核密度太低,与观测到的星系团、低表面亮度螺旋星系(LSB)和矮球状星系不匹配。然而,σ/m ~ 0.1 cm^2/g的SIDM似乎能够再现已报道的矮星、LSB和星系团的核心尺寸和中心密度,而不需要速度依赖性。(节略)

英文摘要:

We use cosmological simulations to study the effects of self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) on the density profiles and substructure counts of dark matter halos from the scales of spiral galaxies to galaxy clusters, focusing explicitly on models with cross sections over dark matter particle mass σ/m = 1 and 0.1 cm^2/g. Our simulations rely on a new SIDM N-body algorithm that is derived self-consistently from the Boltzmann equation and that reproduces analytic expectations in controlled numerical experiments. We find that well-resolved SIDM halos have constant-density cores, with significantly lower central densities than their CDM counterparts. In contrast, the subhalo content of SIDM halos is only modestly reduced compared to CDM, with the suppression greatest for large hosts and small halo-centric distances. Moreover, the large-scale clustering and halo circular velocity functions in SIDM are effectively identical to CDM, meaning that all of the large-scale successes of CDM are equally well matched by SIDM. From our largest cross section runs we are able to extract scaling relations for core sizes and central densities over a range of halo sizes and find a strong correlation between the core radius of an SIDM halo and the NFW scale radius of its CDM counterpart. We construct a simple analytic model, based on CDM scaling relations, that captures all aspects of the scaling relations for SIDM halos. Our results show that halo core densities in σ/m = 1 cm^2/g models are too low to match observations of galaxy clusters, low surface brightness spirals (LSBs), and dwarf spheroidal galaxies. However, SIDM with σ/m ~ 0.1 cm^2/g appears capable of reproducing reported core sizes and central densities of dwarfs, LSBs, and galaxy clusters without the need for velocity dependence. (abridged)

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