Could pressureless dark matter have pressure?

Details Could pressureless dark matter have pressure? Could pressureless dark matter have pressure?

2011-04-14

arxiv.org/abs/1104.2674v2

Astroparticle Physics 35 (2012), pp. 547-551

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

14 pages, no figures, major revision, accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics. arXiv admin note: substantial text ov

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A two-fluid dark matter model, in which dark matter is represented as a two-component fluid thermodynamic system, without interaction between the constituent particles of different species, and with each distinct component having a different four-velocity, was recently proposed in Harko & Lobo, [Phys. Rev. D83, 124051 (2011)]. In the present paper we further investigate the two-fluid dark matter model, by assuming that the two dark matter components are pressureless, non-comoving fluids. For this particular choice of the equations of state the dark matter distribution can be described as a single anisotropic fluid, with vanishing tangential pressure, and non-zero radial pressure. We investigate the properties of this model in the region of constant velocity galactic rotation curves, where the dynamics of the test particles is essentially determined by the dark matter only. By solving the general relativistic equations of mass continuity and hydrostatic equilibrium we obtain the geometric and physical parameters of the dark matter halos in the constant velocity region in an exact analytical form. The general, radial coordinate dependent, functional relationship between the energy density and the radial pressure is also determined, and it differs from a simple barotropic equation of state.

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