2023/10/10 by B. Hoeneisen, Hoeneisen, Bruce
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) #Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) #FOS: Physical sciences #Scientific Research and Discoveries #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2310.06882
openalex publication_date 2023/10/10 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The formation of galaxies with warm dark matter is approximately adiabatic. The cold dark matter limit is singular and requires relaxation. In these lecture notes we develop, step-by-step, the physics of galaxies with warm dark matter, and their formation. The theory is validated with observed spiral galaxy rotation curves. These observations constrain the properties of the dark matter particles.