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The three phases of self-gravitating scalar field ground states
Anthony E. Mirasola, Nathan Musoke, Mark C. Neyrinck +2
It is generally assumed that scalar field dark matter halos would contain solitonic cores -- spherically symmetric ground state configurations -- at their centers. This is especial…
UltraDark.jl: A Julia package for simulation of cosmological scalar fields
Nathan Musoke
UltraDark.jl is a Julia package for the simulation of cosmological scalar fields. Scalar fields are proposed solutions to two of the fundamental questions in cosmology: the nature…
Dynamical friction in self-interacting ultralight dark matter
Noah Glennon, Nathan Musoke, Ethan O. Nadler +2
We explore how dynamical friction in an ultralight dark matter (ULDM) background is affected by dark matter self-interactions. We calculate the force of dynamical friction on a poi…
Simulations of multi-field ultralight axion-like dark matter
Noah Glennon, Nathan Musoke, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
As constraints on ultralight axion-like particles (ALPs) tighten, models with multiple species of ultralight ALP are of increasing interest. We perform simulations of two-ALP model…
Scalar dark matter vortex stabilization with black holes
Noah Glennon, Anthony E. Mirasola, Nathan Musoke +2
Galaxies and their dark-matter halos are commonly presupposed to spin. But it is an open question how this spin manifests in halos and soliton cores made of scalar dark matter (SDM…
Tidal disruption of solitons in self-interacting ultralight axion dark matter
Noah Glennon, Ethan O. Nadler, Nathan Musoke +3
Ultralight axions (ULAs) are promising dark matter candidates that can have a distinct impact on the formation and evolution of structure on nonlinear scales relative to the cold,…