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Self-Interacting Dark Matter

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Sources and Detection of Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe

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Spergel and Steinhardt have recently proposed the concept of dark matter with strong self-interactions as a means to address numerous discrepancies between observations of dark matter halos on subgalactic scales and the predictions of the standard collisionless dark matter picture. We review the motivations for this scenario and discuss some recent, successful numerical tests. We also discuss the possibility that the dark matter interacts strongly with ordinary baryonic matter, as well as with itself. We present a new analysis of the experimental constraints and re-evaluate the allowed range of cross-section and mass.

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  1. Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA

    Benjamin D. Wandelt & Paul J. Steinhardt

  2. Department of Astrophysics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA

    Romeel Davé & David N. Spergel

  3. Department of Physics, New York University, New York, NY, 10003, USA

    Glennys R. Farrar

  4. Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Forschung, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, 33615

    Patrick C. McGuire

  5. Steward Observatory and Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA

    Patrick C. McGuire

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Wandelt, B.D., Davé, R., Farrar, G.R., McGuire, P.C., Spergel, D.N., Steinhardt, P.J. (2001). Self-Interacting Dark Matter. In: Cline, D.B. (eds) Sources and Detection of Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04587-9_28

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