Published 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Effective description of dark matter as a viscous fluid

  • 1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg (Germany)
  • 2. Theoretical Physics Department, CERN, CH-1211 Genève 23 (Switzerland)
  • 3. Department of Physics, University of Athens, Zographou 157 84 (Greece)

Description

Treating dark matter at large scales as an effectively viscous fluid provides an improved framework for the calculation of the density and velocity power spectra compared to the standard assumption of an ideal pressureless fluid. We discuss how this framework can be made concrete through an appropriate coarse-graining procedure. We also review results that demonstrate that it improves the convergence of cosmological perturbation theory

Availability note (English)

Available from http://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2016/20/epjconf_quark2016_03018.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/72dc8cefb4324afcaa172a32c3d323c0; http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201612503018

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
EPJ. Web of Conferences
Journal Volume
125
Journal Page Range
03018 p.
ISSN
2100-014X

Conference

Title
19. International Seminar on High Energy Physics
Acronym
QUARKS 2016
Dates
29 May - 4 Jun 2016
Place
Pushkin (Russian Federation)

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
48004741
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGY; ENERGY SPECTRA; FLUIDS; IDEAL FLOW; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PERTURBATION THEORY; VISCOUS FLOW
Descriptors DEC
FLUID FLOW; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MATTER; SPECTRA; STEADY FLOW

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2016 The Authors. Published by EDP Sciences