Generalizes ultralight DM mass limits from MW satellite abundances to peaked power spectrum models, yielding m > 6e-18 eV scaled by k_* at 95% confidence for different k_* regimes.
Multi-species Dark Matter with Warmth and Randomness
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We present a general analytic framework for the evolution of cosmic structure in multi-species dark matter models that simultaneously incorporates finite velocity dispersion and Poisson fluctuations. Our approach accommodates arbitrary numbers of dark matter components with distinct mass fractions, velocity distributions, and number densities -- ranging from cold particles to warm species and sparse populations such as primordial black holes or solitons. The framework is based on solving a truncated BBGKY hierarchy, whose solution is obtained by solving Volterra integral equations. We provide an efficient algorithm to solve for the total, as well as inter- and intra-species power spectra. Worked examples with two-component mixtures illustrate how isocurvature (initially Poisson) and adiabatic spectra evolve differently depending on the properties of the warm or sparse fraction. This evolution is controlled by the free-streaming and Jeans scales, and the results match analytic estimates and $N$-body simulations.
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Derives the power spectrum evolution and cross-spectra for arbitrary multi-species wave and particle dark matter, incorporating free-streaming, Jeans scales, and intrinsic fluctuations.
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Warm, not Fuzzy: Generalized Ultralight Dark Matter Limits from Milky Way Satellites
Generalizes ultralight DM mass limits from MW satellite abundances to peaked power spectrum models, yielding m > 6e-18 eV scaled by k_* at 95% confidence for different k_* regimes.
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Growth of Structure in Multi-species Wave Dark Matter
Derives the power spectrum evolution and cross-spectra for arbitrary multi-species wave and particle dark matter, incorporating free-streaming, Jeans scales, and intrinsic fluctuations.
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Echoes of Global Cosmic Strings
Global cosmic strings from symmetry breaking produce Nambu-Goldstone bosons whose cosmological signatures can be constrained by current and upcoming CMB and large-scale structure observations.