Vortex State of Ultralight Dark Matter and the Fornax Timing Problem

arXiv:2608.00258 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-07-31 · Read on arXiv

V. Gorkavenko, O. Barabash, T. Gorkavenko, K. Korshynska, O. Teslyk, A. Zaporozhchenko, E. Gorbar

astro-ph.GA

Submitted: 2026-07-31

Comments: 14 pages, 4 figures

Journal ref: Universe 12.2, p.39 (2026)

DOI: 10.3390/universe12020039

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Core — 16× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Coherence Length — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abundance — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Mass Segregation — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Velocity Dispersion — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Assessing the Fornax globular cluster timing problem in different models of dark matter
• Axion Cosmology
• Brief History of Ultra-light Scalar Dark Matter Models
• Ultra-Light Dark Matter
• Short Review of the main achievements of the Scalar Field, Fuzzy, Ultralight, Wave, BEC Dark Matter model
• Fuzzy dark matter simulations
• Damping of dynamical friction force in self-interacting ultralight dark matter and Fornax timing problem
• Stable vortex in Bose-Einstein condensate dark matter
• Dynamical galactic effects induced by stable vortex structure in bosonic dark matter
• Mass-radius relation of Newtonian self-gravitating Bose-Einstein condensates with short-range interactions: I. Analytical results
• Instability of rotating Bose stars
• Dynamical friction in ultralight dark matter: Plummer sphere perspective
• Analytic calculation of dynamical friction for Plummer sphere in ultralight dark matter
• Dynamical Friction in fuzzy dark matter: circular orbits
• Ultralight scalars as cosmological dark matter
• Dynamical friction in dark matter superfluids: The evolution of black hole binaries
• Velocity Dispersion Profiles of Seven Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies
• Dynamical friction in globular cluster-rich ultra-diffuse galaxies: the case of NGC5846-UDG1
• Dynamical friction in rotating ultralight dark matter galactic cores

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