PIRSA:25020045

Quantum droplets of dark matter

Moss, I. (2025). Quantum droplets of dark matter. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/25020045

Moss, Ian. Quantum droplets of dark matter. Perimeter Institute, Feb. 25, 2025, https://pirsa.org/25020045 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:25020045,
            doi = {10.48660/25020045},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/25020045},
            author = {Moss, Ian},
            keywords = {Cosmology},
            language = {en},
            title = {Quantum droplets of dark matter},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2025},
            month = {feb},
            note = {PIRSA:25020045 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Ian Moss

Newcastle University

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Abstract
Vacuum polarisation can destabilise dark matter models made from ultralight, weakly coupled scalar fields. The dark matter condenses into quantum droplets, like those seen in Bose Einstein condensates, and could contribute to explaining some cosmological conundrums.