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Jesus Zavala Franco - Professor

Jesus Zavala Franco

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School of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Jesus Zavala Franco

Professor

Dark matter astrophysics, galaxy formation and evolution

Phone
525 4776
Email
jzavala [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Physical Sciences
Website
https://jzavala.hi.is

Published works

2024

THESAN-HRMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

2023

Cosmological structure formation and soliton phase transition in fuzzy dark matter with axion self-interactionsMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gravothermal collapse of self-interacting dark matter halos as the origin of intermediate mass black holes in Milky Way satellitesPhysical Review D
Real and counterfeit coresMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Matching the mass function of Milky Way satellites in competing dark matter modelsMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Endothermic self-interacting dark matter in Milky Way-like dark matter haloesMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

2022

Kinematic Signatures of Impulsive Supernova Feedback in Dwarf GalaxiesPhysical Review Letters
Degeneracies between self-interacting dark matter and supernova feedback as cusp-core transformation mechanismsMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
X-ray morphology of cluster-mass haloes in self-interacting dark matterMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Constraining SIDM with halo shapesMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The feasibility of constraining DM interactions with high-redshift observations by JWSTMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

2021

Conservation of radial actions in time-dependent spherical potentialsMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
ETHOS-an effective theory of structure formationPhysical Review D
The impact of inelastic self-interacting dark matter on the dark matter structure of a Milky Way haloMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Supernova-driven Mechanism of Cusp-core TransformationAstrophysical Journal
The halo mass function and inner structure of ETHOS haloes at high redshiftMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The onset of gravothermal core collapse in velocity-dependent self-interacting dark matter subhaloesMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

2020

ETHOS – An effective parametrization and classification for structure formationMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Self-Interacting Dark Matter Subhalos in the Milky Way's TidesPhysical Review Letters
Galaxy formation with BECDM - II. Cosmic filaments and first galaxiesMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Local group star formation in warm and self-interacting dark matter cosmologiesMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

2019

Sloshing of Galaxy Cluster Core Plasma in the Presence of Self-interacting Dark MatterAstrophysical Journal
Evaporating the Milky Way halo and its satellites with inelastic self-interacting dark matterMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dark matter haloes and subhaloesGalaxies
Diverse dark matter density at sub-kiloparsec scales in Milky Way satellitesPhysical Review D
The nature of core formation in dark matter haloesMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
ETHOS - An effective theory of structure formationMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The interplay of self-interacting dark matter and baryons in shaping the halo evolutionMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
First Star-Forming Structures in Fuzzy Cosmic FilamentsPhysical Review Letters
ETHOS-An Effective Theory of Structure FormationMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

2018

Towards an improved model of self-interacting dark matter haloesJournal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
ETHOS – an effective theory of structure formation: predictions for the high-redshift Universe – abundance of galaxies and reionizationMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Binary pulsars as probes of a Galactic dark matter diskPhysics of the Dark Universe
The impact of baryonic discs on the shapes and profiles of self-interacting dark matter haloesMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gravitational lensing and the power spectrum of dark matter substructurePhysical Review D

2017

Spreading out and staying sharp - Creating diverse rotation curves via baryonic and self-interaction effectsMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The structure and assembly history of cluster-sized haloes in self-interacting dark matterMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
A rumble in the darkMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Galaxy formation with BECDM - I. Turbulence and relaxation of idealized haloesMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
A merger in the dusty, z = 7.5 galaxy A1689-zD1?Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

2016

Contributions to cosmic reionization from dark matter annihilation and decayPhysical Review D
ETHOS - An effective theory of structure formationPhysical Review D
Universal clustering of dark matter in phase spaceMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
ETHOS - an effective theory of structure formationMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Enhanced tidal stripping of satellites in the galactic halo from dark matter self-interactionsMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The link between the assembly of the inner dark matter halo and the angular momentum evolution of galaxies in the EAGLE simulationMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Angular power spectrum of the diffuse gamma-ray emission as measured by the Fermi Large Area Telescope and constraints on its dark matter interpretationPhysical Review D

2014

Clustering in the phase space of dark matter haloes-II. stable clustering and dark matter annihilationMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Galactic PeV neutrinos from dark matter annihilationPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Dark matter implications of Fermi-LAT measurement of anisotropies in the diffuse gamma-ray backgroundNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Clustering in the phase space of dark matter haloes-I. results from the aquarius simulationsMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The growth of galactic bulges through mergers in Λ cold dark matter haloes revisited - II. Morphological mix evolutionMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dark matter cores in the Fornax and sculptor dwarf galaxiesAstrophysical Journal Letters
Scattering, damping, and acoustic oscillationsPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Dwarf galaxies in CDM and SIDM with baryonsMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

2013

Constraining self-interacting dark matter with the milky way's dwarf spheroidalsMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Direct detection of self-interacting dark matterMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Characterization of dark-matter-induced anisotropies in the diffuse gamma-ray backgroundMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The abundance of (not just) dark matter haloesMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

2012

Subhaloes in self-interacting galactic dark matter haloesMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Removal and mixing of the coronal gas from satellites in galaxy groupsMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dark matter implications of the Fermi-LAT measurement of anisotropies in the diffuse gamma-ray backgroundNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
The growth of galactic bulges through mergers in Λ CDM haloes revisited - I. Present-day propertiesMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

2011

Cosmic X-ray and gamma-ray background from dark matter annihilationPRD

2010

Extragalactic gamma-ray background radiation from dark matter annihilationMNRAS
Relic density and CMB constraints on dark matter annihilation with Sommerfeld enhancementPRD

2009

The derivation of constraints on the msugra parameter space from the entropy of dark matter halosAIP Conference Proceedings
Mapping extragalactic dark matter structures through gammaraysFermi Symposium
The Velocity Function in the Local Environment from CDM and WDM Constrained SimulationsAstrophysical Journal

2008

Bulges versus discs: the evolution of angular momentum in cosmological simulations of galaxy formationMNRAS
On the Baryonic, Stellar, and Luminous Scaling Relations of Disk GalaxiesAJS Review
Three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations of the large-scale structure of W50-SS433MNRAS
Constraining the mSUGRA (minimal supergravity) parameter space using the entropy of dark matter halosJCAP

2007

Constraining the mSUGRA parameter space through entropy and abundance criteriaAIP Conference Proceedings

2006

Entropy considerations in constraining the mSUGRA parameter spaceAIP Conference Proceedings
Pioneer Anomaly? Gravitational Pull due to the Kuiper BeltInternational Journal of Modern Physics D
Empirical testing of Tsallis’ Thermodynamics as a model for dark matter halosAIP Conference Proceedings
Stellar polytropes and Navarro Frenk White halo models: comparison with observationsJCAP

2003

The luminous and dark matter content of disk galaxiesA&A practice

2002

The shapes of rotation curves: models vs. observationsASP Conference Series

Keywords for Specialisation:

Dark matter astrophysics

Galaxy formation and evolution