Self-interacting dark matter

In astrophysics self-interacting dark matter is a hypothetical form of dark matter consisting of particles with strong self-interactions. This type of dark matter was postulated to resolve a number of conflicts between observations and simulations on the galactic scale and smaller.^{[1] [2]} Self-interacting dark matter has also been postulated as an explanation for the DAMA annual modulation signal.^[3]

Further reading

• Bertone, Gianfranco (2010). Particle Dark Matter: Observations, Models and Searches. Cambridge University Press. p. 762. ISBN 978-0-521-76368-4. 
• Musser, George (May 2000). "What's the Matter?". Scientific American. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0500-24. 

References

1. ↑ D. N. Spergel and P. J. Steinhardt, Observational evidence for self-interacting cold dark matter, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 3760-3763 (2000) preprint.
2. ↑ B. D. Wandelt, R. Dave, G. R. Farrar, P. C. McGuire, D. N. Spergel and P. J. Steinhardt, Self-Interacting Dark Matter, Marina del Rey 2000, Sources and detection of dark matter and dark energy in the universe, 263 (2000), preprint.
3. ↑ S. Mitra, Has DAMA detected self-interacting dark matter?, Phys. Rev. D 71, 121302 (2005) preprint.

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