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Dwarf galaxies imply dark matter is heavier than 2.2 ×10⁻²¹ 𝐞𝐕
Tim Zimmermann, James Alvey, David J. E. Marsh, Malcolm Fairbairn, Justin I. Read
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It is widely established that a lower bound on the dark matter particle mass, m, can be obtained by demanding that the de Broglie wavelength in a given galaxy must be smaller than the virial radius of the galaxy, leading to m≳10⁻²² eV when applied to typical dwarf galaxies. This lower limit has never been derived precisely or rigorously. We use stellar kinematical data for the Milky Way satellite galaxy Leo II to self-consistently reconstruct a statistical ensemble of dark matter wavefunctions and corresponding density profiles. By comparison to a data-driven, model-independent reconstruction, and using a variant of the maximum mean discrepancy as a statistical measure, we determine that a self-consistent description of dark matter in the local Universe requires m>2.2 ×10⁻²¹ eV (CL>95%). This lower limit is free of any assumptions pertaining to cosmology, microphysics (including spin), or dynamics of dark matter, and only assumes that it is predominantly composed of a single bosonic particle species.
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