| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1770430 | Astroparticle Physics | 2016 | 7 Pages | 
Abstract
												Recent observations indicate that core-like dark matter structures exist in many galaxies, while numerical simulations reveal a singular dark matter density profile at the center. In this article, I show that if the annihilation of dark matter particles gives invisible sterile neutrinos, the Sommerfeld enhancement of the annihilation cross-section can give a sufficiently large annihilation rate to solve the core-cusp problem. The resultant core density, core radius, and their scaling relation generally agree with recent empirical fits from observations. Also, this model predicts that the resultant core-like structures in dwarf galaxies can be easily observed, but not for large normal galaxies and galaxy clusters.
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											Authors
												Man Ho Chan, 
											