04–08 mag 2026
L'Aquila
Europe/Rome fuso orario

Stellar kinematics of ultra-diffuse galaxies as probes of dark matter physics

5 mag 2026, 09:45
15m

Relatore

Buttitta, Chiara (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

Descrizione

Ultra-diffuse galaxies offer a powerful laboratory to probe the nature of dark matter in low-density regimes. In this talk, I present a kinematic analysis of two galaxies from the "Looking into the faintEst WIth MUSE" project. By using integral-field spectroscopy of stellar tracers, we derived two-dimensional velocity fields and modeled these systems as rotating systems embedded in spherical dark matter halo. Our analysis is performed within a Bayesian framework, allowing us to connect the observed stellar kinematics to the underlying mass distribution. We considered the standard cold dark matter paradigm alongside alternative scenarios, including fuzzy, self-interacting, and non-minimally coupled dark matter. Our results demonstrate the power of extremely low-surface brightness galaxies as stringent and independent tests of dark matter physics on galactic scales.

Sessione Evoluzione delle galassie

autore

Buttitta, Chiara (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

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