Bibcode
Benito, María; Hütsi, Gert; Müürsepp, Kristjan; Sánchez Almeida, Jorge; Urrutia, Juan; Vaskonen, Ville; Veermäe, Hardi
Referencia bibliográfica
Physics of the Dark Universe
Fecha de publicación:
9
2025
Número de citas
5
Número de citas referidas
0
Descripción
Ultrafaint dwarf galaxies (UFDs) are ideal for studying dark matter (DM) due to minimal baryonic effects. UFD observations suggest cored DM profiles. We find that the core radius–stellar mass scaling predicted by fuzzy dark matter (FDM) is at 6.1σ tension with UFD observations. Combining observations from 27 UFDs, the required FDM mass ma=3.2‑0.6+0.8×10‑21eV is also in conflict with existing Lyman-α bounds. Our results suggest that FDM cannot provide a consistent explanation for DM cores and imply ma>2.2×10‑21eV at to 2σ CL.