Constraining Self-Interacting Dark Matter with Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies and High-resolution Cosmological $N$-body Simulations

Abstract

We study the density structures of dark matter subhalos for both cold dark matter and self-interacting dark matter models using high-resolution cosmological $N$-body simulations. We quantify subhalo's central density at 150 pc from the center of each subhalo at the classical dwarf spheroidal and ultrafaint dwarf scales found in Milky-Way sized halos. By comparing them with observations, we find that the self-interacting scattering cross-section of $\sigma /m<3\mathrm{c}{\mathrm{m}}^2{\mathrm{g}}^{-1}$ is favored. Due to the combination of hosts' tide and self-interactions, the central density of subhalos with small pericenter shows a noticeable difference between the cold and the self-interacting models, indicating that Milky-Way satellites with small pericenter are ideal sites to further constrain the nature of dark matter by future large spectroscopic surveys.

8 pages, 5 figures, accepted by PRD

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