Gravitational lensing by wave dark matter halos

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dc.contributor.authorHerrera-Martín A
dc.contributor.authorHendry M
dc.contributor.authorGonzalez-Morales AX
dc.contributor.authorUreña-López LA
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-04T04:02:06Z
dc.date.available2019-02-04T04:02:06Z
dc.date.issued2017en
dc.date.updated2019-01-28T22:39:02Z
dc.description.abstractWave Dark Matter (WaveDM) has recently gained attention as a viable candidate to account for the dark matter content of the Universe. In this paper we explore the extent to which dark matter halos in this model, and under what conditions, are able to reproduce strong lensing systems. First, we analytically explore the lensing properties of the model -- finding that a pure WaveDM density profile, a soliton profile, produces a weaker lensing effect than other similar cored profiles. Then we analyze models with a soliton embedded in an NFW profile, as has been found in numerical simulations of structure formation. We use a benchmark model with a boson mass of ma=10-²²eV, for which we see that there is a bi-modality in the contribution of the external NFW part of the profile, and actually some of the free parameters associated with it are not well constrained. We find that for configurations with boson masses 10-²³ -- 10-²² eV, a range of masses preferred by dwarf galaxy kinematics, the soliton profile alone can fit the data but its size is incompatible with the luminous extent of the lens galaxies. Likewise, boson masses of the order of 10-²¹eV, which would be consistent with Lyman-α constraints and consist of more compact soliton configurations, necessarily require the NFW part in order to reproduce the observed Einstein radii. We then conclude that lens systems impose a conservative lower bound ma > 10-²⁴ and that the NFW envelope around the soliton must be present to satisfy the observational requirements.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/16452
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectastro-ph.COen
dc.subjectgr-qcen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::51 - Physical sciences::5101 - Astronomical sciences::510103 - Cosmology and extragalactic astronomyen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::51 - Physical sciences::5101 - Astronomical sciences::510105 - General relativity and gravitational wavesen
dc.titleGravitational lensing by wave dark matter halosen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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