Signatures of Self-Interacting Dark Matter from Galaxies Falling into Galaxy Clusters

Supervisors: Dr. Moritz Firsher , Dr. Klaus Dolag , Dr. T K Jha

Duration ~ Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

Reserach conducted as part of the Computational Astrophysics group at the Ludwig Maximilian University.

• Employed numerical simulations to study the scenario of a galaxy falling into a cluster in OpenGadget3
• Analyzed the effect of SIDM causing galactic disk distortion as it moves through the cluster
• Quantifying the disk’s S and U-shaped warps along with the thickness for different cross-section of self-interaction and different concentration of galactic DM halo scenarios

Unpublished work