Explaining Diverse Rotation Curves of Spiral Galaxies with Self-Interacting Dark Matter (SIDM)
Tao Ren (UC Riverside) @ DPF 2017
with Hai-Bo Yu (UCR), Anna Kwa, Manoj Kaplinghat (UCI)
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Explaining Diverse Rotation Curves of Spiral Galaxies with Self-Interacting Dark Matter (SIDM) Tao Ren (UC Riverside) @ DPF 2017 with Hai-Bo Yu (UCR), Anna Kwa, Manoj Kaplinghat (UCI) Data Source: SPARC Diversity in Rotation Curves 1606.09251
Tao Ren (UC Riverside) @ DPF 2017
with Hai-Bo Yu (UCR), Anna Kwa, Manoj Kaplinghat (UCI)
2 4 6 8 10 12 10 20 30 40 50 60
Radius [kpc] Vcirc [km/s]
Vf ~ 55.9-62.2 km/s UGCA442 UGC08550 UGC07690 DDO170
5 10 15 20 40 60 80 100
Radius [kpc] Vcirc [km/s]
Vf ~ 79.5-87.6 km/s UGC05721 UGC08286 UGC06399 F583-1
5 10 15 20 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Radius [kpc] Vcirc [km/s]
Vf ~ 134.-144. km/s NGC2403 F571-8 NGC3972 NGC3917
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 50 100 150 200 250 300
Radius [kpc] Vcirc [km/s]
Vf ~ 211.-247. km/s UGC06786 IC4202 UGC09133 NGC6195
Diversity in Rotation Curves
Data Source: SPARC 1606.09251
Headache for Cold Dark Matter (CDM)
50 100 200 20 50 100 200
Vf [km/s] Vcirc(2 kpc) [km/s]
c200 = (100.905+δ⇤0.11)( M200 1012 ∗ h1M )0.101
DM + Baryon
Halo Mass (M200) & Concentration (c200)
CDM only
Examples for the Trouble
Vcirc [km/s] Radius [kpc]
0.01 0.10 1 10 100 104 106 108 1010 1012 ρ( ) /
NFW SIDM Radius [kpc] 𝜍(r) [M⦿/kpc3]
SIDM & CDM Density Profile
How SIDM works: Self-Interaction + Baryon Effect + M200-c200 Relation
CDM : 1504.01437
∼ exp[−ΦDM(~ r)/2
v]
∼ exp[−(ΦDM(~ r) + ΦB(~ r))/2
v]
2 4 6 8 10 12 10 20 30 40 50 60
Radius [kpc] Vcirc [km/s]
Vf ~ 55.9-62.2 km/s UGCA442 UGC08550 UGC07690 DDO170
5 10 15 20 40 60 80 100
Radius [kpc] Vcirc [km/s]
Vf ~ 79.5-87.6 km/s UGC05721 UGC08286 UGC06399 F583-1
5 10 15 20 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Radius [kpc] Vcirc [km/s]
Vf ~ 134.-144. km/s NGC2403 F571-8 NGC3972 NGC3917
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 50 100 150 200 250 300
Radius [kpc] Vcirc [km/s]
Vf ~ 211.-247. km/s UGC06786 IC4202 UGC09133 NGC6195
SIDM Fitting Examples
Kamada, Kaplinghat, Pace, Yu, (2016)
Radius [kpc] SIDM: the “Aspirin” for “Headache”
IC2574, δ:-2.5 2 4 6 8 10 12 20 40 60 80
F583-1, δ:0. 5 10 15 20 40 60 80 100
Vcirc [km/s] SIDM
Fitting to 120 Galaxies
SIDM (120/120) CDM (113/120)
2 4 6 8 10 20 40 60 80 100
χ2/d.o.f Number of galaxies
Radial Acceleration Relation
From Diversity to Uniformity
McGaugh, Lelli, Schombert, Pawlowski (2017)
log(gbaryon) [m/s2] log(gtot) [m/s2]
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 100 200 300 400
Residuals (dex) Number of Points
g†=1.2×10-10 m/s2 σ=0.106 dex
gobs = gbar 1 − e−√
gbar/g†
Diversity in rotation curves of spirals Trouble of CDM How SIDM works : Self-Interaction+Baryon effect+M200-c200 Fitting results for 120 galaxies Radial acceleration relation
Self-interaction & Velocity Dispersion
Velocity Dependent Cross Section
Kaplinghat, Tulin, Yu (2015)
SIDM Model Example & Parameter Measurement
20 50 100 200 10 20 50 100 200
Vmax [km/s] Vflat [km/s]
20 40 60 80 100 20 40 60 80 100 Vmax [km/s] Vflat [km/s]
Possible Too-Big-To-Fail Problem in SIDM