JWST lensed quasar dark matter survey V: Hints of self-interacting dark matter from 29 quadruply imaged quasars

arXiv:2609.35974 · astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-09-28 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-28

Updated: 2026-09-28

Code: https://github.com/lenstronomy/lenstronomy

Terminology

• Core — 205× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abundance — 90× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• N-body simulations — 12× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Forward modeling — 8× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Microlensing — 5× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Bayesian Inference — 4× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Calibration — 4× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Fidelity — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• National Science Foundation — 3× in this paper
• Trace — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Clustering — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Gravitational Lensing — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Matter Power Spectrum — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• AGN — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Aperture — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Department of Energy — 1× in this paper
• Velocity Dispersion — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• World Premier International Research Center Initiative — 1× in this paper

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• The properties of warm dark matter haloes
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• Observational evidence for self-interacting cold dark matter
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• What does the Bullet Cluster tell us about self-interacting dark matter?
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• Baryonic clues to the puzzling diversity of dwarf galaxy rotation curves

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