# Halo Formation in Warm Dark Matter Models

@article{Bode2000HaloFI,
title={Halo Formation in Warm Dark Matter Models},
author={P. Bode and J. Ostriker and N. Turok},
journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
year={2000},
volume={556},
pages={93-107}
}
• Published 2000
• Physics
• The Astrophysical Journal
Discrepancies have emerged between the predictions of standard cold dark matter (CDM) theory and observations of clustering on subgalactic scales. Warm dark matter (WDM) is a simple modification of CDM in which the dark matter particles have initial velocities due either to their having decoupled as thermal relics or to their having been formed via nonequilibrium decay. We investigate the nonlinear gravitational clustering of WDM with a high-resolution N-body code and identify a number of… Expand
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