Speaker
Julie Magaard Knudsen
(University of Southern Denmark)
Description
This project investigates current challenges to the cold dark matter (CDM) paradigm by studying the effects of dark matter on cosmological and galactic scales. In particular, it focuses on small scale observations, such as the centres of galaxies, where the data might suggest an alternative dark matter model such as self-interacting dark matter (SIDM).
Using IllustrisTNG as a baseline and AREPO simulations of SIDM and CDM, the project compares simulation results to test whether SIDM provides a better explanation of the data.
Author
Julie Magaard Knudsen
(University of Southern Denmark)
Co-authors
Prof.
Mads Toudal Frandsen
(University of Southern Denmark)
Martin Rosenlyst Jørgensen
(Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (MKI) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT))
Mikkel Theiss Kristensen
(University of Southern Denmark)
Thejs Ehlert Brinckmann