Not so dark, not so dense: an alternative explanation for the lensing subhalo in SDSSJ0946+1006
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| author | He, Qiuhan Robertson, Andrew Nightingale, James W. Amvrosiadis, Aristeidis Cole, Shaun Frenk, Carlos S. Lange, Samuel C. Li, Shubo Li, Ran Cao, Xiaoyue Fung, Leo W. H. Ma, Xianghao Massey, Richard Wang, Kaihao von Wietersheim-Kramsta, Maximilian |
| author_facet | He, Qiuhan Robertson, Andrew Nightingale, James W. Amvrosiadis, Aristeidis Cole, Shaun Frenk, Carlos S. Lange, Samuel C. Li, Shubo Li, Ran Cao, Xiaoyue Fung, Leo W. H. Ma, Xianghao Massey, Richard Wang, Kaihao von Wietersheim-Kramsta, Maximilian |
| contents | Previous studies of the strong lens system SDSSJ0946+1006 have reported a dark matter subhalo with an unusually high central density, potentially challenging the standard cold dark matter (CDM) paradigm. However, these analyses assumed the subhalo to be completely dark, neglecting the possibility that it may host a faint galaxy. In this work, we revisit the lensing analysis of SDSSJ0946+1006, explicitly modelling the subhalo as a luminous satellite. Incorporating light from the perturber broadens the range of allowed subhalo properties, revealing solutions with significantly lower central densities that are consistent with CDM expectations. The inferred luminosity of the satellite also aligns with predictions from hydrodynamical simulations. While high-concentration subhaloes remain allowed, they are no longer statistically preferred. The luminous subhalo model yields a better fit to the data, while also offering a more plausible explanation that is in line with theoretical expectations. We validate our methodology using mock data, demonstrating that neglecting subhalo light can lead to inferred mass distributions that are artificially compact. |
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| spellingShingle | Not so dark, not so dense: an alternative explanation for the lensing subhalo in SDSSJ0946+1006 He, Qiuhan Robertson, Andrew Nightingale, James W. Amvrosiadis, Aristeidis Cole, Shaun Frenk, Carlos S. Lange, Samuel C. Li, Shubo Li, Ran Cao, Xiaoyue Fung, Leo W. H. Ma, Xianghao Massey, Richard Wang, Kaihao von Wietersheim-Kramsta, Maximilian Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Astrophysics of Galaxies Previous studies of the strong lens system SDSSJ0946+1006 have reported a dark matter subhalo with an unusually high central density, potentially challenging the standard cold dark matter (CDM) paradigm. However, these analyses assumed the subhalo to be completely dark, neglecting the possibility that it may host a faint galaxy. In this work, we revisit the lensing analysis of SDSSJ0946+1006, explicitly modelling the subhalo as a luminous satellite. Incorporating light from the perturber broadens the range of allowed subhalo properties, revealing solutions with significantly lower central densities that are consistent with CDM expectations. The inferred luminosity of the satellite also aligns with predictions from hydrodynamical simulations. While high-concentration subhaloes remain allowed, they are no longer statistically preferred. The luminous subhalo model yields a better fit to the data, while also offering a more plausible explanation that is in line with theoretical expectations. We validate our methodology using mock data, demonstrating that neglecting subhalo light can lead to inferred mass distributions that are artificially compact. |
| title | Not so dark, not so dense: an alternative explanation for the lensing subhalo in SDSSJ0946+1006 |
| topic | Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.07978 |