Self-Interacting Dark Matter as a Solution to the 'Final Parsec Problem'
Recent research indicates that self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) may resolve the 'Final Parsec Problem' for supermassive black hole binaries by enhancing their merger through dynamical friction, with future pulsar timing arrays aiding confirmation.
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Recent research proposes that self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) could resolve the 'Final Parsec Problem' associated with supermassive black hole binaries (SMBHBs). The problem arises because current models suggest that SMBHBs, formed from merging galaxies, should stall in their final approach due to weak gravitational wave emissions, taking longer than the universe's age to merge. The study, published in Physics Review Letters, explores how SIDM, which interacts strongly with itself, could enhance the inspiral of SMBHBs. As SMBHBs interact with the surrounding dark matter, the dynamical friction accelerates their merger. Unlike collisionless cold dark matter (CDM), which disperses under heating from interactions, SIDM maintains its density spike, allowing for continued friction and a faster merger timescale of 0.1-1 billion years. The authors suggest that pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) could provide data to differentiate between the effects of dark matter and other influences on SMBHBs. Future PTA observations over the next decade will be crucial in confirming the role of SIDM in this context.
- Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) may solve the 'Final Parsec Problem' for supermassive black hole binaries.
- Current models suggest SMBHBs stall due to weak gravitational wave emissions, taking too long to merge.
- SIDM maintains density spikes during interactions, allowing for accelerated inspiral and merger.
- Pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) will help distinguish the effects of dark matter from other influences on SMBHBs.
- Future PTA data is essential for confirming the role of SIDM in black hole evolution.
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1 comments SMBHBs are regarded as the most likely source because this explanation doesn’t require invoking unproven new physics.
The will to deny the limitations of human minds is .. mind blowing. We must have an answer for everything, even if said answer is a joke as bad as the "dark matter".
Every occurences of "dark matter" should be replaced by "god". As in "we have no clue about what we are talking about, just believe it please".
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