Increased infall velocities in galaxy clusters from solitonic collisions?

David Castañeda Valle, Eckehard W. Mielke

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Abstract

Axionlike scalar fields and the Lane-Emden truncation of their periodic potential are analyzed as a model of dark matter halos. The apparent enhancement of infall velocities in merging clusters is intriguing: here it is tentatively explained via an intrinsic inelastic effect during relativistic soliton collisions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number043504
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume89
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Feb 2014
Externally publishedYes

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