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First Constraints on Fuzzy Dark Matter from Lyman- <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>α</mml:mi></mml:math> Forest Data and Hydrodynamical Simulations

First Constraints on Fuzzy Dark Matter from Lyman- <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>α</mml:mi></mml:math> Forest Data and Hydrodynamical Simulations

We present constraints on the masses of extremely light bosons dubbed fuzzy dark matter (FDM) from Lyman-α forest data. Extremely light bosons with a de Broglie wavelength of ∼1 kpc have been suggested as dark matter candidates that may resolve some of the current small scale problems of the cold …