Echoing Light Shows That Dark Matter May Gather Around Supermassive Black Holes
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Echoing Light Shows That Dark Matter May Gather Around Supermassive Black Holes
The way that dark matter is distributed may need a rethink. New research shows that dark matter could gather near supermassive black holes. The evidence is based on a new detection method, and is only moderately convincing so far. But if true, it also turns SMBH into 'dark matter labs' and could change how we understand SMBH growth.
A recent study published in the journal Physical Review D presents a new method for mapping the density of dark matter around supermassive black holes (SMBHs). The research, led by Mayank Sharma, a doctoral student at Virginia Tech, suggests that dark matter accumulates around these massive objects, just like normal matter. Reverberation mapping method The reverberation mapping method uses light echoes to analyze the presence of dark matter in t…
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