Fuzzy cold dark matter
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Fuzzy cold dark matter
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Fuzzy cold dark matter is a hypothetical form of cold dark matter proposed to solve the cuspy halo problem. It would consist of extremely light scalar particles with masses on the order of ≈ 10 − 22 eV; so a Compton wavelength on the order of 1 light year. Fuzzy cold dark matter halos in dwarf galaxies would manifest wave behavior on astrophysical scales, and the cusps would be avoided through the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
The wave behavior leads to interference patterns, spherical solit
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Hypothetical form of cold dark matter proposed to solve the cuspy halo problem
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2024-03-31T22:05:26Z
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