Pregalactic formation of globular clusters in cold dark matter

1988 ◽  
Vol 330 ◽  
pp. 191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward I. Rosenblatt ◽  
S. M. Faber ◽  
George R. Blumenthal
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Globular Clusters ◽  
Cold Dark Matter

scholarly journals Evidence of a population of dark subhaloes from Gaia and Pan-STARRS observations of the GD-1 stream

2021 ◽  
Vol 502 (2) ◽  
pp. 2364-2380
Author(s):  
Nilanjan Banik ◽  
Jo Bovy ◽  
Gianfranco Bertone ◽  
Denis Erkal ◽  
T J L de Boer
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Mass Fraction ◽  
Molecular Clouds ◽  
Globular Clusters ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Joint Analysis ◽  
Giant Molecular Clouds ◽  
Total Abundance ◽  
Hydrodynamical Simulation ◽  
Stellar Density

ABSTRACT New data from the Gaia satellite, when combined with accurate photometry from the Pan-STARRS survey, allow us to accurately estimate the properties of the GD-1 stream. Here, we analyse the stellar density variations in the GD-1 stream and show that they cannot be due to known baryonic structures such as giant molecular clouds, globular clusters, or the Milky Way’s bar or spiral arms. A joint analysis of the GD-1 and Pal 5 streams instead requires a population of dark substructures with masses ≈107–$10^9 \ \rm {M}_{\odot }$. We infer a total abundance of dark subhaloes normalized to standard cold dark matter $n_{\rm sub}/n_{\rm sub, CDM} = 0.4 ^{+0.3}_{-0.2}$ (68 per cent), which corresponds to a mass fraction contained in the subhaloes $f_{\rm {sub}} = 0.14 ^{+0.11}_{-0.07} {{\ \rm per\ cent}}$, compatible with the predictions of hydrodynamical simulation of cold dark matter with baryons.

scholarly journals The ultra-diffuse dwarf galaxies NGC 1052-DF2 and 1052-DF4 are in conflict with standard cosmology

2019 ◽  
Vol 489 (2) ◽  
pp. 2634-2651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moritz Haslbauer ◽  
Indranil Banik ◽  
Pavel Kroupa ◽  
Konstantin Grishunin
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Globular Cluster ◽  
Globular Clusters ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Dwarf Galaxy ◽  
Stellar Mass ◽  
Peculiar Velocity ◽  
Standard Cosmology ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Velocity Motion

ABSTRACT Recently van Dokkum et al. reported that the galaxy NGC 1052-DF2 (DF2) lacks dark matter if located at 20 Mpc from Earth. In contrast, DF2 is a dark-matter-dominated dwarf galaxy with a normal globular cluster population if it has a much shorter distance near 10 Mpc. However, DF2 then has a high peculiar velocity wrt. the cosmic microwave background of 886 $\rm {km\, s^{-1}}$, which differs from that of the Local Group (LG) velocity vector by 1298 $\rm {km\, s^{-1}}$ with an angle of $117 \, ^{\circ }$. Taking into account the dynamical M/L ratio, the stellar mass, half-light radius, peculiar velocity, motion relative to the LG, and the luminosities of the globular clusters, we show that the probability of finding DF2-like galaxies in the lambda cold dark matter (ΛCDM) TNG100-1 simulation is at most 1.0 × 10−4 at 11.5 Mpc and is 4.8 × 10−7 at 20.0 Mpc. At 11.5 Mpc, the peculiar velocity is in significant tension in the TNG100-1, TNG300-1, and Millennium simulations, but naturally in a Milgromian cosmology. At 20.0 Mpc, the unusual globular cluster population would challenge any cosmological model. Estimating that precise measurements of the internal velocity dispersion, stellar mass, and distance exist for 100 galaxies, DF2 is in 2.6σ (11.5 Mpc) and 4.1σ (20.0 Mpc) tension with standard cosmology. Adopting the former distance for DF2 and assuming that NGC 1052-DF4 is at 20.0 Mpc, the existence of both is in tension at ≥4.8σ with the ΛCDM model. If both galaxies are at 20.0 Mpc the ΛCDM cosmology has to be rejected by ≥5.8σ.

scholarly journals Galaxy Formation in a Universe Dominated by Cold Dark Matter

1987 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 360-360
Author(s):  
Edmund Bertschinger
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Galaxy Formation ◽  
Globular Clusters ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Mass Function ◽  
Spherical Approximation ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Density Peaks ◽  
Lower Amplitude ◽  
Baryonic Mass

ABSTRACT The mass spectrum of bound baryonic systems (galaxies and globular clusters) is computed as a function of redshift in an Einstein-de Sitter (Ω=1) universe dominated by weakly interacting, cold dark matter. Baryons are assumed to fall into primordial density peaks in the cold particle distribution when the mass in the peaks exceeds the baryon Jeans mass. The distribution of peaks is computed using Gaussian statistics. As the universe expands the baryonic mass attached to a given peak increases because of infall (treated in a spherical approximation), and new peaks of lower amplitude become nonlinear. Globular clusters form first (by z∼40 if the galaxies represent a biased mass distribution). The remaining gas may be reheated to ∼10000 K if a few percent of globular cluster (or Pop. III) stars are very massive. Reheating increases the baryon Jeans mass and delays galaxy formation until z≲10. The present method reproduces the shape (but not the amplitude) of the Schechter galaxy mass function when merging of substructure is included in an approximate fashion.

scholarly journals A Tale of Giants Stealing from Dwarfs

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 177-178
Author(s):  
Duncan A. Forbes
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Globular Clusters ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Satellite Galaxies ◽  
Dwarf Satellite Galaxies

Cold Dark Matter simulations predict 10-100 x more dwarf satellite galaxies than are observed. Some of these ‘missing satellites’ may have been accreted, along with their globular clusters (GCs), by giant galaxies (Cote et al. 1998). But examples of dwarfs in the early stages of disruption have remained elusive.

scholarly journals Halo formation and evolution: unification of structure and physical properties

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (S317) ◽  
pp. 298-299
Author(s):  
Allan D. Ernest ◽  
Matthew P. Collins
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Globular Clusters ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Weakly Interacting Massive Particles ◽  
Dark Matter Halo ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies ◽  
Hot Gas ◽  
Galaxy Halos ◽  
Formation And Evolution

AbstractThe assembly of matter in the universe proliferates a wide variety of halo structures, often with enigmatic consequences. Giant spiral galaxies, for example, contain both dark matter and hot gas, while dwarf spheroidal galaxies, with weaker gravity, contain much larger fractions of dark matter, but little gas. Globular clusters, superficially resembling these dwarf spheroidals, have little or no dark matter. Halo temperatures are also puzzling: hot cluster halos contain cooler galaxy halos; dwarf galaxies have no hot gas at all despite their similar internal processes. Another mystery is the origin of the gas that galaxies require to maintain their measured star formation rates (SFRs). We outline how gravitational quantum theory solves these problems, and enables baryons to function as weakly-interacting-massive-particles (WIMPs) in Lambda Cold Dark Matter (LCDM) theory. Significantly, these dark-baryon ensembles may also be consistent with primordial nucleosynthesis (BBN) and cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies.

Bolometric Detection of Cold Dark Matter Candidates

1988 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. Drukier ◽  
Katherine Freese ◽  
Joshua Frieman
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Bolometric Detection

scholarly journals Detecting Cold Dark Matter Candidates

1987 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 490-490
Author(s):  
A. K. Drukier ◽  
K. Freese ◽  
D. N. Spergel
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Galactic Halo ◽  
Dark Matter Particle ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Background Rate ◽  
System Noise ◽  
Weakly Interacting ◽  
Massive Neutrinos

We consider the use of superheated superconducting colloids as detectors of weakly interacting galactic halo candidate particles (e.g. photinos, massive neutrinos, and scalar neutrinos). These low temperature detectors are sensitive to the deposition of a few hundreds of eV's. The recoil of a dark matter particle off of a superheated superconducting grain in the detector causes the grain to make a transition to the normal state. Their low energy threshold makes this class of detectors ideal for detecting massive weakly interacting halo particles.We discuss realistic models for the detector and for the galactic halo. We show that the expected count rate (≈103 count/day for scalar and massive neutrinos) exceeds the expected background by several orders of magnitude. For photinos, we expect ≈1 count/day, more than 100 times the predicted background rate. We find that if the detector temperature is maintained at 50 mK and the system noise is reduced below 5 × 10−4 flux quanta, particles with mass as low as 2 GeV can be detected. We show that the earth's motion around the Sun can produce a significant annual modulation in the signal.

scholarly journals The impact of inelastic self-interacting dark matter on the dark matter structure of a Milky Way halo

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Ting Eddie Chua ◽  
Karia Dibert ◽  
Mark Vogelsberger ◽  
Jesús Zavala
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Milky Way ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Major Axis ◽  
Inelastic Collisions ◽  
Axis Ratio ◽  
Lower Velocity ◽  
The Impact

Abstract We study the effects of inelastic dark matter self-interactions on the internal structure of a simulated Milky Way (MW)-size halo. Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) is an alternative to collisionless cold dark matter (CDM) which offers a unique solution to the problems encountered with CDM on sub-galactic scales. Although previous SIDM simulations have mainly considered elastic collisions, theoretical considerations motivate the existence of multi-state dark matter where transitions from the excited to the ground state are exothermic. In this work, we consider a self-interacting, two-state dark matter model with inelastic collisions, implemented in the Arepo code. We find that energy injection from inelastic self-interactions reduces the central density of the MW halo in a shorter timescale relative to the elastic scale, resulting in a larger core size. Inelastic collisions also isotropize the orbits, resulting in an overall lower velocity anisotropy for the inelastic MW halo. In the inner halo, the inelastic SIDM case (minor-to-major axis ratio s ≡ c/a ≈ 0.65) is more spherical than the CDM (s ≈ 0.4), but less spherical than the elastic SIDM case (s ≈ 0.75). The speed distribution f(v) of dark matter particles at the location of the Sun in the inelastic SIDM model shows a significant departure from the CDM model, with f(v) falling more steeply at high speeds. In addition, the velocity kicks imparted during inelastic collisions produce unbound high-speed particles with velocities up to 500 km s−1 throughout the halo. This implies that inelastic SIDM can potentially leave distinct signatures in direct detection experiments, relative to elastic SIDM and CDM.

scholarly journals Shell-crossing in a ΛCDM Universe

2020 ◽  
Vol 501 (1) ◽  
pp. L71-L75
Author(s):  
Cornelius Rampf ◽  
Oliver Hahn
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Perturbation Theory ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Random Initial Data ◽  
Recursion Relations ◽  
Indispensable Tool ◽  
First Time ◽  
Very High

ABSTRACT Perturbation theory is an indispensable tool for studying the cosmic large-scale structure, and establishing its limits is therefore of utmost importance. One crucial limitation of perturbation theory is shell-crossing, which is the instance when cold-dark-matter trajectories intersect for the first time. We investigate Lagrangian perturbation theory (LPT) at very high orders in the vicinity of the first shell-crossing for random initial data in a realistic three-dimensional Universe. For this, we have numerically implemented the all-order recursion relations for the matter trajectories, from which the convergence of the LPT series at shell-crossing is established. Convergence studies performed at large orders reveal the nature of the convergence-limiting singularities. These singularities are not the well-known density singularities at shell-crossing but occur at later times when LPT already ceased to provide physically meaningful results.

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