Maximum entropy distributions of dark matter in ΛCDM cosmology

Maximum entropy distributions of dark matter in ΛCDM cosmology 

Small-scale challenges to ΛCDM cosmology require a deeper understanding of dark matter physics. This paper aims to develop the maximum entropy distributions for dark matter particle velocity (denoted by X), speed (denoted by Z), and energy (denoted by E) that are especially relevant on small scales where system approaches full virialization. For systems involving long-range interactions, a spectrum of halos of different sizes is required to form to maximize system entropy. While the velocity in halos can be Gaussian, the velocity distribution throughout the entire system, involving all halos of different sizes, is non-Gaussian. With the virial theorem for mechanical equilibrium, we applied the maximum entropy principle  to the statistical equilibrium of entire system, such that the maximum entropy distribution of velocity (the X distribution) could be analytically derived. The halo mass function was not required in this formulation, but it did indeed result from the maximum entropy. The predicted X distribution involves a shape parameter \(\alpha\) and a velocity scale, \(v_0\). The shape parameter \(\alpha\) reflects the nature of force (\(\alpha\rightarrow0\) for long-range force or \(\alpha\rightarrow\infty\) for short-range force). Therefore, the distribution approaches Laplacian with \(\alpha\rightarrow0\) and Gaussian with \(\alpha\rightarrow\infty\). For an intermediate value of \(\alpha\), the distribution naturally exhibits a Gaussian core for \(v\ll v_0\) and exponential wings for \(v\gg v_0\), as confirmed by N-body simulations. From this distribution, the mean particle energy of all dark matter particles with a given speed, v, follows a parabolic scaling for low speeds (\(\propto v^2\) for \(v\ll v_0\) in halo core region, i.e., "Newtonian") and a linear scaling for high speeds (\(\propto v\) for \(v\gg v_0\) in halo outskirt, i.e., exhibiting "non-Newtonian" behavior in MOND due to long-range gravity). We compared our results against N-body simulations and found a good agreement.

Applications of cascade and statistical theory for dark matter and bulge-SMBH evolution:

1. Dark matter particle mass ,size, and properties from energy cascade in dark matter flow: 1) arxiv 2) zenodo slides
2. Origin of MOND acceleration & deep-MOND from acceleration fluctuation & energy cascade: 1) arxiv 2) zenodo slides
3. The baryonic-to-halo mass relation from mass and energy cascade in dark matter flow: 1) arxiv 2) zenodo slides
4. Universal scaling laws and density slope for dark matter haloes: 1) arxiv 2) zenodo slides 3) paper
5. Dark matter halo mass functions and density profiles from mass/energy cascade: 1) arxiv 2) zenodo slides 3) paper
6. Energy cascade for distribution and evolution of supermassive black holes (SMBHs): 2) zenodo slides

Condensed slides for all applications "Cascade Theory for Turbulence, Dark Matter, and bulge-SMBH evolution "

The two relevant datasets and accompanying presentation can be found at: 

1. Dark matter flow dataset Part I: Halo-based statistics from cosmological N-body simulation 
2. Dark matter flow dataset Part II: Correlation-based statistics from cosmological N-body simulation.
3. A comparative study of Dark matter flow & hydrodynamic turbulence and its applications

The same dataset also available on Github at: Github: dark_matter_flow_dataset and zenodo at: Dark matter flow dataset from cosmological N-body simulation.

Cascade and statistical theory developed by these datasets:

1. Inverse mass cascade in dark matter flow and effects on halo mass functions: 1) arxiv 2) zenodo slides 
2. Inverse mass cascade and effects on halo deformation, energy, size, and density profiles: 1) arxiv 2) zenodo slides
3. Inverse energy cascade in dark matter flow and effects of halo shape: 1) arxiv 2) zenodo slides
4. The mean flow, velocity dispersion, energy transfer and evolution of dark matter halos: 1) arxiv 2) zenodo slides
5. Two-body collapse model and generalized stable clustering hypothesis for pairwise velocity 1) arxiv 2) zenodo slides
6. Energy, momentum, spin parameter in dark matter flow and integral constants of motion: 1) arxiv 2) zenodo slides
7. Maximum entropy distributions of dark matter in ΛCDM cosmology: 1) arxiv 2) zenodo slides 3) paper
8. Halo mass functions from maximum entropy distributions in dark matter flow: 1) arxiv 2) zenodo slides
9. On the statistical theory of self-gravitating collisionless dark matter flow: 1) arxiv 2) zenodo slides 3) paper
10. High order kinematic and dynamic relations for velocity correlations in dark matter flow: 1) arxiv 2) zenodo slides
11. Evolution of density and velocity distributions and two-thirds law for pairwise velocity: 1) arxiv 2) zenodo slides