Gravitationally bound BCS state as dark matter

被引:29
作者
Alexander, Stephon [1 ]
Cormack, Sam [2 ]
机构
[1] Brown Univ, Dept Phys, Providence, RI 20912 USA
[2] Dartmouth Coll, Dept Phys & Astron, Hanover, NH 03755 USA
来源
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS | 2017年 / 04期
关键词
dark matter theory; rotation curves of galaxies; modified gravity; TIME PHASE-TRANSITION; GALACTIC HALO; VORTEX LINE; RENORMALIZATION; PERTURBATIONS; SUPERFLUIDITY; VORTICES; FERMIONS; TORSION;
D O I
10.1088/1475-7516/2017/04/005
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We explore the possibility that fermionic dark matter undergoes a BCS transition to form a superfluid. This requires an attractive interaction between fermions and we describe a possible source of this interaction induced by torsion. We describe the gravitating fermion system with the Bogoliubov-de Gennes formalism in the local density approximation. We solve the Poisson equation along with the equations for the density and gap energy of the fermions to find a self-gravitating, superfluid solution for dark matter halos. In order to produce halos the size of dwarf galaxies, we require a particle mass of similar to 200eV. We find a maximum attractive coupling strength before the halo becomes unstable. If dark matter halos do have a superfluid component, this raises the possibility that they contain vortex lines.
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