Dark matter self-interactions from the internal dynamics of dwarf spheroidals

Abstract

Dwarf spheroidal galaxies provide well-known challenges to the standard cold and collisionless dark matter scenario: The too-big-to-fail problem, namely the mismatch between the observed mass enclosed within the half-light radius of dwarf spheroidals and cold dark matter N-body predictions; The hints for inner constant-density cores. While these controversies may be alleviated by baryonic physics and environmental effects, revisiting the standard lore of cold and collisionless dark matter remains an intriguing possibility. Self-interacting dark matter may be the successful proposal to such a small-scale crisis. Self-interactions correlate dark matter and baryon distributions, allowing for constant-density cores in low surface brightness galaxies. Here we report the first data-driven study of the too-big-to-fail of Milky Way dwarf spheroidals within the self-interacting dark matter paradigm. We find good description of stellar kinematics and compatibility with the concentration-mass relation from recent pure cold dark matter simulations. Within this concentration-mass relation, a subset of Milky Way dwarfs are well fitted by cross sections of 0.5-3 cm${}^2$/g, while others point to values greater than 10 cm${}^2$/g.

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