To observe, or not to observe, quantum-coherent dark matter in the Milky Way, that is a question

Abstract

In recent years, Bose-Einstein-condensed dark matter (BEC-DM) has become a popular alternative to standard, collisionless cold dark matter (CDM). This BEC-DM - also called scalar field dark matter (SFDM) - can suppress structure formation and thereby resolve the small-scale crisis of CDM for a range of boson masses. However, these same boson masses also entail implications for BEC-DM substructure within galaxies, especially within our own Milky Way. Observational signature effects of BEC-DM substructure depend upon its unique quantum-mechanical features and have the potential to reveal its presence. Ongoing efforts to determine the dark matter substructure in our Milky Way will continue and expand considerably over the next years. In this contribution, we will discuss some of the existing constraints and potentially new ones with respect to the impact of BEC-DM onto baryonic tracers. Studying dark matter substructure in our Milky Way will soon resolve the question, whether dark matter behaves classical or quantum on scales of $\lesssim 1$ kpc.

arXiv comment23 pages; post-proof version, minor revisions (some more discussion on cosmological bounds and microlensing; substantially expanded list of references); invited article to Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, within the Research Topic "When Planck, Einstein and Vera Rubin meet. Dark Matter: What is it? Where is it?"

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