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Can plasma physics establish a significant bound on long-range dark matter interactions?

K. Schoeffler1,2,*, N. Shukla1,3,†, and L. O. Silva1,‡

  • *Contact author: Kevin.Schoeffler@rub.de
  • †Contact author: n.shukla@cineca.it
  • ‡Contact author: luis.silva@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
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Phys. Rev. D 111, L071701 – Published 17 April, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.111.L071701

Abstract

Dark matter has been theorized to be charged under its own “dark electromagnetism” (dark-EM). Under this hypothesis, dark matter can behave like a cold collisionless plasma of self-interacting dark matter particles and exhibit plasmalike instabilities with observational consequences. Using the results published in [Phys. Rev. E 105, 035204 (2022)], which studied the degree of slowdown between two interpenetrating e−e+ plasma clouds due to plasma instabilities, estimates of similar interactions for colliding “dark plasmas” are explored. Comparison with astronomical observations reveals strong new constraints on dark-EM with the dark electromagnetic self-interaction αD<4×10−25.

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Intergalactic Collision Constrains Dark Electromagnetism

Published 17 April, 2025

The distribution of dark matter around a pair of colliding galaxy clusters appears unaffected by a putative dark-sector version of electromagnetism.

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Phys. Rev. D 111, L071701– Published 17 April, 2025
  • Received 14 January 2025
  • Accepted 25 February 2025
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