Self-interacting dark matter
- 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.[D. N. Spergel and P. J. Steinhardt, "Observational evidence for self-interacting cold dark matter", Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 3760-3763 (2000) [http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9909386 preprint] .] ][B. D. Wandelt, R. Dave, G. R. Farrar, P. C. McGuire, D. N. Spergel and P. J. Steinhardt, "Self-Interacting Dark Matter", Marina del Rey 2000, Sources and detection of dark matter and dark energy in the universe, 263 (2000), [http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0006344 preprint] .] Self-interacting dark matter has also been postulated as an explanation for the DAMA annual modulation signal.][ S. Mitra, "Has DAMA detected self-interacting dark matter?", Phys. Rev. D 71, 121302 (2005) [http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0409121 preprint] .] ]References
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