Brief History of Ultra-light Scalar Dark Matter Models

E-ISSN： 2100-014x|168|issue|06005-06005

ISSN： 2100-014x

Source： EPJ Web of Conference, Vol.168, Iss.issue, 2018-01, pp. : 06005-06005

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Abstract

This is a review on the brief history of the scalar field dark matter model also known as fuzzydark matter, BEC dark matter, wave dark matter, or ultra-light axion. In this model ultra-light scalar dark matter particles with mass m = O(10^-22)eV condense in a single Bose-Einstein condensate state and behave collectively like a classical wave. Galactic dark matter halos can be described as a self-gravitating coherent scalar field configuration called boson stars. At the scale larger than galaxies the dark matter acts like cold dark matter, while below the scale quantum pressure from the uncertainty principle suppresses the smaller structure formation so that it can resolve the small scale crisis of the conventional cold dark matter model.