# Phase-space mass bound for fermionic dark matter from dwarf spheroidal galaxies

@article{Paolo2017PhasespaceMB,
title={Phase-space mass bound for fermionic dark matter from dwarf spheroidal galaxies},
author={Chiara Di Paolo and Fabrizio Nesti and F. L. Villante},
journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
year={2017},
volume={475},
pages={5385-5397}
}
• Published 21 April 2017
• Physics
• Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
We reconsider the lower bound on the mass of a fermionic dark matter (DM) candidate resulting from the existence of known small Dwarf Spheroidal galaxies, in the hypothesis that their DM halo is constituted by degenerate fermions, with phase-space density limited by the Pauli exclusion principle. By relaxing the common assumption that the DM halo scale radius is tied to that of the luminous stellar component and by marginalizing on the unknown stellar velocity dispersion anisotropy, we prove…

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