Self-interacting dark matter, the gravothermal catastrophe and the inner structure of small galaxies

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Ομιλητής :  
καθ. Simon White (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Γερμανία)
Αίθουσα :  
Αίθουσα Σεμιναρίων 3ου - IA-FORTH & Dept. of Physics Colloquium
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This talk discusses recent work on self-interacting dark matter and the collisional evolution it causes in dark matter haloes. It explains why this is currently a favoured interpretation of the inner structure of small dwarf galaxies, both those that are seen and those that are unseen.