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Paper   IPM / Astronomy / 18058
School of Astronomy
  Title:   Nearest neighbour analysis as a new probe for fuzzy dark matter
  Author(s): 
1.  H. Manouchehri Kousha
2.  M. Ansarifard
3.  A.A. Abolhasani
  Status:   Published
  Journal: MNRAS
  Vol.:  532
  Year:  2024
  Pages:   2356-2373
  Supported by:  IPM
  Abstract:
Fuzzy dark matter (FDM) is a promising candidate for dark matter (DM), characterized by its ultra-light mass, which gives rise to wave effects at astrophysical scales. These effects offer potential solutions to the small-scale issues encountered within the standard cold dark matter (CDM) paradigm. In this paper, we investigate the large-scale structure of the cosmic web using FDM simulations, comparing them to CDM-only simulations and a simulation incorporating baryonic effects. Our study employs the nearest neighbour (NN) analysis as a new statistical tool for examining the structure and statistics of the cosmic web in an FDM universe. This analysis could capture the information absent in the two-point correlation functions. In particular, we analyse data related to the spherical contact, nearest neighbour distances (NND), and the angle between the first and second nearest neighbours of haloes (NNA). Specifically, we utilize …

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