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cm0002@lemmy.zip to Physics@mander.xyz · 2 months ago

Vortices in ultralight dark matter halos could reveal new clues to cosmic structure

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Vortices in ultralight dark matter halos could reveal new clues to cosmic structure

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cm0002@lemmy.zip to Physics@mander.xyz · 2 months ago
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The nature of dark matter remains one of the greatest mysteries in cosmology. Within the standard framework of non-collisional cold dark matter (CDM), various models are considered: WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles, with masses of around 100 GeV/c2), primordial black holes, and ultralight axion-like particles (mass of 10-22 to 1 eV/c2). In the latter case, dark matter behaves like a wave, described by a Schrödinger equation, rather than as a collection of point particles. This generates specific behaviors at small scales, while following standard dynamics (CDM) at large scales.
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