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Not so fuzzy: excluding FDM with sizes and stellar kinematics of ultra-faint dwarf galaxies
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We use observations of ultra-faint dwarf (UFD) galaxies to constrain the particle mass of ultra-light dark matter. Potential fluctuations created by wave interference in virialized "fuzzy" dark matter (FDM) halos dynamically heat stellar orbits in UFDs, some of which exhibit velocity dispersions of $\lesssim$ 3 km/s and sizes $\lesssim$ 40 pc. Using simulations of FDM halos, and existing measurements of sizes and stellar radial velocities in Segue 1 and Segue 2 UFDs, we derive a lower limit on the dark matter particle mass of $m_{fdm} > 3\times 10^{-19}$ eV at 99% confidence, marginalized over host halo circular velocity. This constraint is conservative as it is derived under the assumption that soliton heating is negligible, and that no other sources of non-FDM dynamical heating of stars operate to increase velocity dispersion. It can potentially be strengthened by future spectroscopic observations of additional stars in ultra-faint galaxies and by tightening theoretical constraints on the soliton size-halo mass relation. However, even the current conservative lower limit on the FDM mass makes this model indistinguishable from Cold Dark Matter at the scales probed by existing astronomical observations.
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