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Astro2020 APC White Paper: Theoretical Astrophysics 2020-2030
Juna A. Kollmeier, Lauren Anderson, Andrew Benson +20
The past two decades have seen a tremendous investment in observational facilities that promise to reveal new and unprecedented discoveries about the universe. In comparison, the i…
Dark Matter Cores and Cusps in Spiral Galaxies and their Explanations
Manoj Kaplinghat, Tao Ren, Hai-Bo Yu
We compare proposed solutions to the core vs cusp issue of spiral galaxies, which has also been framed as a diversity problem, and demonstrate that the cuspiness of dark matter hal…
The Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer
Jennifer Marshall, James Bullock, Adam Burgasser +23
The Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer is a next-generation massively multiplexed spectroscopic facility currently under development in Hawaii. It is completely dedicated to large-sca…
Implications of a transition in the dark energy equation of state for the and tensions
Ryan E. Keeley, Shahab Joudaki, Manoj Kaplinghat +1
We explore the implications of a rapid appearance of dark energy between the redshifts () of one and two on the expansion rate and growth of perturbations. Using both Gaussian p…
Diversity in density profiles of self-interacting dark matter satellite halos
Felix Kahlhoefer, Manoj Kaplinghat, Tracy R. Slatyer +1
We present results from N-body simulations of self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) subhalos, which could host ultra-faint dwarf spheroidal galaxies, inside a Milky-Way-like main hal…
The Detailed Science Case for the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer, 2019 edition
The MSE Science Team, Carine Babusiaux, Maria Bergemann +258
(Abridged) The Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE) is an end-to-end science platform for the design, execution and scientific exploitation of spectroscopic surveys. It will unvei…
Astrophysical Tests of Dark Matter with Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer
Ting S. Li, Manoj Kaplinghat, Keith Bechtol +27
We discuss how astrophysical observations with the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE), a high-multiplexity (about 4300 fibers), wide field-of-view (1.5 square degree), large tel…
Too Big To Fail in Light of Gaia
Manoj Kaplinghat, Mauro Valli, Hai-Bo Yu
We point out an anti-correlation between the central dark matter (DM) densities of the bright Milky Way dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) and their orbital pericenter distances inf…
Dark Matter Science in the Era of LSST
Keith Bechtol, Alex Drlica-Wagner, Kevork N. Abazajian +177
Astrophysical observations currently provide the only robust, empirical measurements of dark matter. In the coming decade, astrophysical observations will guide other experimental…
The Milky Way's Halo and Subhalos in Self-Interacting Dark Matter
Victor H. Robles, Tyler Kelley, James S. Bullock +1
We perform high-resolution simulations of a MW-like galaxy in a self-interacting cold dark matter model with elastic cross section over mass of (SIDM) and compare to…
Probing the Fundamental Nature of Dark Matter with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
Alex Drlica-Wagner, Yao-Yuan Mao, Susmita Adhikari +97
Astrophysical and cosmological observations currently provide the only robust, empirical measurements of dark matter. Future observations with Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST…
Detecting Dark Matter Cores in Galaxy Clusters with Strong Lensing
Kevin E. Andrade, Quinn Minor, Anna Nierenberg +1
We test the ability of strong lensing data to constrain the size of a central core in the dark matter halos of galaxy clusters, using Abell 611 as a prototype. Using simulated data…
Strong Evidence that the Galactic Bulge is Shining in Gamma Rays
Oscar Macias, Shunsaku Horiuchi, Manoj Kaplinghat +3
There is growing evidence that the Galactic Center Excess identified in the -LAT gamma-ray data arises from a population of faint astrophysical sources. We provide…
Accelerated core collapse in tidally stripped self-interacting dark matter halos
Hiroya Nishikawa, Kimberly K. Boddy, Manoj Kaplinghat
We use a semianalytic approach that is calibrated to N-body simulations to study the evolution of self-interacting dark matter cores in galaxies. We demarcate the regime where the…