First constraints on fuzzy dark matter from Lyman-alpha forest data and hydrodynamical simulations

We present constraints on the masses of extremely light bosons dubbed fuzzy dark matter from Lyman- α forest data. Extremely light bosons with a De Broglie wavelength of ~ 1 kpc have been suggested as dark matter candidates that may resolve some of the current small scale problems of the cold dark m...

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Main Authors: Irsic, Vid, Viel, Matteo, Haehnelt, Martin G., Bolton, James S., Becker, George D.
Format: Article
Published: American Physical Society 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44069/