LCDM: Successes and Challenges
Avishai Dekel
Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Beyond WIMPs: From Theory to Detection June 2015 Astronomers have been measuring Dark Matter since 1933 (Zwicky – missing mass)
Novikov Dark Matter Halos in Galaxies
dark halo flat rotation curve v
v R R GM (R) V 2 = 3,000 light years RR → M(R) ∝ R
30,0000 ly Dark Matter
or modified gravity? DM in Galaxy Clusters: Gravitational Lensing
HST Large Scale Cosmic Flows POTENT
Great Attractor
Dekel & Bertschinger 1990 Dark Matter Density
us Large Scale3D dark matter Mass densityDistribution
Great Attractor Perseus Pisces
Great Void Most Mass is Non baryonic Dark Matter
Planck+ 2015:
Total Mass m=0.308 ± 0.012
Baryons b=0.0478 ± 0.0004 Formation of Structure History
Early Universe
Cosmic Microwave Background
Dark Ages
Galaxy Formation time Gravitational instability
small amplitude fluctuations:
ρ
gravitatinal instability:
galaxy cluster ρ void 0
The Initial Fluctuations At Inflation: Gaussian, adiabatic
r r r δ (x) = δ r e ki ⋅x Fourier transform: ∑r k k ~ r Power Spectrum: P(k) ≡ <|δ (k |) 2 > ∝ k n
kmax 2 2/1 3 −(n+ 6/)3 rms perturbation: δ rms = < δ > ∝ ∫ Pk d k ∝ M k=0
Correlation function: r r r ~ r r r ξ (r) ≡ < δ (x)δ (x + r ) > ∝ ∫|δ (k |) 2 e− ki ⋅r d 3k ∝ r −(n+ )3 dP = 1[ +ξ(r)] n dV CDM Power Spectrum of linear fluctuations
horizon M H ∝ t δ H Scale invariance: δ mass H same δ at horizon δ H δ growth when matter is self gravitating ρrad ρmass
kmax teq t0 time < δ 2 > 2/1 ∝ P d 3k ∫ k 3/2 3/2 − 3/2 k =0 δ ∝ (t / tH ) ∝ t M
CDM +1 δ Pk k M − 3/2 k −3 HDM HDM CDM free streeming
∝ Meq mass kpeak m h k Formation of Large Scale Structure
Linear fluctuation growth δ <<1 → δ ∝ a ∝ t 3/2 n + 3 rms fluctuation at mass scale M P ∝ k n → δ ∝ M −α 0 < α = ≤ 3/2 k 6 −α /1 α Typical objects forming at a: 1 ~ δ ∝ M a → M * ∝ a
CDM: bottom up HDM: top down 2 2/1 2 2/1 δρ δρ ρ ρ 1 1
free CDM streaming HDM 0 0 M M DM Particle Mass
4 4 HDM: relativistic till z eq ~10 , T~10 K > m ~ ev, 15 MH~10 M (clusters superclusters)
9 WDM: M H~10 M (small galaxies) > m ~ kev
6 CDM: M H~10 M (dwarf galaxies) > m ~ Gev Micro Macro Connection
Cold Dark Matter
Hot Dark Matter (ν) The Cosmic Web in LCDM SDSS Galaxy Redshift Survey
Cosmic Microwave Background Planck 2015: CMB Temperature Map
δT/T~10 5 arcmin ΛCDM matches in detail the CMB TT fluctuations It allows accurate parameter determination
curvature Planck 2015
initial fluctuations dark matter
baryons Polarization by scattering off electrons; re ionization by stars & quasars at z~10
Planck 2015 Success of the LCDM Power Spectum Success of the LCDM Power Spectum Standard ΛCDM Model Parameters 2015: Planck (+BAO+SN)
Total density m+λ = 1.000 ± 0.005
Dark energy density . Λ = 0.692 ± 0.012 Mass density . m = 0.308 ± 0.012 Baryon density .. b = 0.0478 ± 0.0004