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Halo mass functions in mixed cold and fuzzy dark matter models

Sarah C. Johnston , Simon May , Tibor Dome , Sownak Bose , Alastair Basden , Carlton Baugh , Anastasia Fialkov , Alex Tocher This is my paper

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A suppression function maps CDM halo mass functions to mixed cold-fuzzy dark matter models within 0.2 dex for redshifts 1-4 and fuzzy fractions up to 0.3.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper runs simulations of mixed dark matter where up to 30 percent is fuzzy dark matter with particle mass 10 to the -24.5 eV. Fuzzy dark matter follows the large-scale cold dark matter distribution but suppresses small-scale power through wave effects, lowering the number of low-mass halos and altering the halo mass function shape in a redshift- and fraction-dependent way. The authors build a grid-based halo finder that merges the particle and wave density fields to identify halos consistently. They then fit a phenomenological suppression function whose parameters depend on redshift and fuzzy fraction, allowing any standard cold dark matter halo mass function to be converted to the mixed case. This conversion matches the simulated halo mass functions to 0.1-0.2 dex over the explored range and removes the need to rerun full simulations for every new parameter choice.

Core claim

In mixed cold and fuzzy dark matter cosmologies with fuzzy fraction f ≤ 0.3 and fuzzy mass 10^{-24.5} eV, the halo mass function exhibits a systematic downward shift relative to pure cold dark matter, with the magnitude and high-mass slope depending on redshift and f. A phenomenological suppression function whose parameters are tuned to redshift and f maps the cold dark matter halo mass function directly onto the mixed dark matter result and reproduces the simulated halo abundances to within 0.1-0.2 dex for 1 ≤ z ≤ 4.

What carries the argument

The phenomenological suppression function with redshift- and FDM-fraction-dependent parameters that rescales the CDM halo mass function to predict MDM halo abundances.

If this is right

  • Existing cold dark matter halo mass function fitting formulas can be reused for mixed dark matter predictions by simple multiplication with the suppression function.
  • The computational cost of exploring mixed dark matter parameter space drops because dedicated simulations are no longer required for each new redshift or fuzzy fraction.
  • Increasing the fuzzy fraction systematically reduces low-mass halo counts while also steepening or flattening the high-mass end of the halo mass function.
  • The suppression strength grows with redshift in the range 1 to 4, implying stronger effects on early structure formation.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same functional form might allow quick estimates for fuzzy masses different from 10^{-24.5} eV if the suppression parameters can be rescaled with mass.
  • Galaxy survey number counts at high redshift could be reinterpreted with this mapping to place tighter limits on the fuzzy dark matter fraction without new simulations.
  • The approach could be tested on other mixed dark matter combinations, such as cold plus warm dark matter, to see whether a similar suppression function works.

Load-bearing premise

The grid-based halo-finding pipeline accurately identifies halos in the combined CDM and FDM density field without significant biases from the wave-like nature of FDM or the mixing of components.

What would settle it

Running a new simulation at redshift 5 or fuzzy fraction 0.4 and checking whether the phenomenological model still matches the simulated halo mass function to better than 0.2 dex across the mass range.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.06599 by Alastair Basden, Alex Tocher, Anastasia Fialkov, Carlton Baugh, Sarah C. Johnston, Simon May, Sownak Bose, Tibor Dome.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: (Comoving) density grids for the CDM component (left), FDM component (middle), and total density (right) for the 𝑓 = 0.2 model at 𝑧 = 2. The CDM and FDM distributions can be seen to be very similar with the density nodes appearing at the same locations in both. 2.3.2 Grid-based halo finder In AREPO, haloes are traditionally identified using a friends-of-friends (FOF) method, which connects simulation parti… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: HMFs using the 𝑀200 mass definition for different overdensity thresholds for the grid-based halo finder, shown for the 𝑓 = 0.1 case at 𝑧 = 1. Filled circles mark the resolution turnover for each threshold. The shape of the HMFs is broadly similar, but the turnover shifts to higher masses for higher thresholds. This demonstrates that the overdensity threshold affects the absolute turnover mass, but leaves t… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: HMF for the CDM-only case using 𝑀200c for the AREPO FOF halo finder (orange crosses), the AxiREPO grid-based halo finder (blue circles), the Colossus Tinker analytical model (green dashes) and Rockstar halo finder (red dotted line) for 𝑧 = 2. The FOF and grid-based halo finders are consistent. The CDM HMF agrees with the Colossus Tinker model at the ∼ 10 % level across the fitted mass range. The Rockstar r… view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: The top plot shows auto power spectra for CDM (blue) and FDM (orange) and the cross power spectrum of CDM and FDM (green) for the 𝑓 = 0.1 cosmology at 𝑧 = 1. The lower plot shows the cross-correlation of the CDM and FDM, where 𝑟 (𝑘) = 1 is perfect correlation. The red line shows the FDM grid resolution, hence results to the right of the red line are dominated by resolution issues. The grey line shows the t… view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Large-scale structure within the simulation box, shown for four redshifts (columns from left to right 𝑧 = 4, 3, 2, 1) and five cosmologies (rows from top to bottom, CDM, 𝑓 = 0.01, 𝑓 = 0.1, 𝑓 = 0.2, 𝑓 = 0.3). The differences in the granularity and formation of structures can be seen with increasing FDM fraction (downwards) and the effect on the resulting structures over time can be seen with decreasing reds… view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: CDM particle distribution (left) and FDM field (right) for the 𝑓 = 0.1 cosmology at 𝑧 = 2. The highest-density parts of the FDM field can be seen to be at the same locations as the most dense areas where many CDM particles are found. This shows the FDM distribution is tracing the CDM. This visual agreement is consistent with the quantitative cross-correlation analysis shown in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/ful… view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: A zoom-in of one of the largest haloes for redshifts (𝑧 = 4, 3, 2 and 1) and five cosmologies (CDM, 𝑓 = 0.01, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3). There can be seen to be reduced small-scale, granular structure in the highest FDM fraction compared to the lower fractions which are in environments abundant with smaller structures. MNRAS 000, 1–17 (2026) [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_7.png] view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: Halo mass functions using 𝑀200c shown for each fraction of FDM (as given by the panel title) across the redshift range 𝑧 = 1 to 4. Error bars show the Poisson uncertainties, computed as √ 𝑁 in each mass bin. Dashed lines show the 100 % CDM cosmology results at the same redshifts. The MDM values are lower across all bins with increasing FDM fraction as there are fewer haloes due to the delayed structure for… view at source ↗
Figure 9
Figure 9. Figure 9: Examples show the performance of the fit for four different redshift values for the four different FDM fractions, as labelled on each panel. CDM points are shown in blue dots on each plot for reference, with MDM points shown as orange crosses. The grey shaded region represents 𝑀200c halo mass ranges excluded from the fits. The lower mass bins on the left-hand side are excluded due to the turnover in the HM… view at source ↗
Figure 10
Figure 10. Figure 10: Model predictions for data not used in the initial fit. The CDM HMF at 𝑧 = 1.07 is shown as blue circles. The actual MDM results are shown as orange crosses and the green fit line shows the predicted HMF shape. The bottom panels show the residuals. All points have Poisson errors. The model fit can be seen to predict the MDM HMF well at small fractions but diverges more at higher fractions. This is similar… view at source ↗
Figure 11
Figure 11. Figure 11: Examples show the performance of the fit for four different redshift values for three different FDM fractions using a model fit from only 𝑓 = 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3. CDM-only cosmology points are shown in blue dots on each plot for reference with MDM points shown as orange crosses. The grey shaded region represents halo mass ranges excluded from the fits. The lower mass bins on the left hand side are excluded d… view at source ↗
Figure 12
Figure 12. Figure 12: Model predictions for data not used in the initial fit for the limited model using only 𝑓 = 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3. The CDM HMF from 𝑧 = 1.07 is shown as blue circles. The actual MDM results are shown as orange crosses and the green fit line shows the predicted HMF shape. The bottom panels show the residuals. All points have Poisson errors. The limited model fit can be seen to be very similar to that of the ful… view at source ↗
read the original abstract

We investigate the impact of mixed cold and fuzzy dark matter (MDM) cosmologies on the halo mass function (HMF) using numerical simulations performed with the AxiREPO framework. We consider models in which an ultralight axion-like component with mass $m =10^{-24.5} \mathrm{eV}$ constitutes a fraction $f \leq 0.3$ of the total dark matter. To enable consistent halo identification in mixed-species scenarios, we develop a grid-based halo-finding pipeline that combines the particle-based cold dark matter (CDM) and wave-like fuzzy dark matter (FDM) components into a unified density field. We find that FDM traces the large-scale CDM distribution while suppressing small-scale structure through wave interference effects, leading to a reduction in the abundance of low-mass haloes and modifying the HMF in a manner dependent on redshift and FDM fraction. Increasing the FDM fraction produces a systematic downward shift in the HMF and modifies its high-mass slope. Motivated by these trends, we introduce a phenomenological model that maps CDM HMFs to their MDM counterparts using a suppression function with parameters dependent on redshift and FDM fraction. This model reproduces the simulated HMFs within approximately 0.1 to 0.2 dex across the parameter space explored ($1 \leq z \leq 4$, $f \leq 0.3$). Our results provide a computationally efficient method for predicting structure formation in MDM cosmologies without requiring dedicated simulations for each parameter choice, and establish a framework for exploring the impact of MDM on cosmological structure formation.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper uses AxiREPO simulations of mixed cold+fuzzy dark matter (MDM) with m=10^{-24.5} eV and f≤0.3, develops a grid-based halo finder that merges particle CDM and wave FDM densities into one field, reports FDM-induced suppression of low-mass halos that depends on z and f, and introduces a phenomenological suppression function with z- and f-dependent parameters that maps CDM HMFs to MDM HMFs, reproducing the simulated HMFs to ~0.1-0.2 dex over 1≤z≤4 and f≤0.3.

Significance. If the extracted HMFs are robust, the suppression function supplies a computationally cheap mapping from standard CDM HMFs to MDM cases, enabling rapid exploration of structure formation in mixed dark matter without dedicated simulations for every parameter choice.

major comments (2)
  1. [halo-finding pipeline description] The grid-based halo-finding pipeline (described in the methods section on halo identification): no convergence tests, no comparison to pure-CDM or pure-FDM benchmarks, and no cross-checks with alternative finders are reported. Because FDM interference produces oscillatory small-scale density fluctuations that can generate spurious local maxima, the HMFs used to calibrate the suppression function may contain finder artifacts; this directly affects the claimed 0.1-0.2 dex accuracy and the fitted parameters.
  2. [phenomenological model] Phenomenological model section: the suppression function parameters are stated to depend on redshift and FDM fraction and to reproduce the simulated HMFs within 0.1-0.2 dex, yet no explicit functional form, fitting procedure, covariance, or cross-validation against independent data or hold-out redshifts/fractions is provided, leaving open whether the agreement is a genuine prediction or a fit by construction.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their careful reading of our manuscript and for providing constructive comments that will help improve the presentation of our results. We respond to each major comment below.

read point-by-point responses

  1. Referee: The grid-based halo-finding pipeline (described in the methods section on halo identification): no convergence tests, no comparison to pure-CDM or pure-FDM benchmarks, and no cross-checks with alternative finders are reported. Because FDM interference produces oscillatory small-scale density fluctuations that can generate spurious local maxima, the HMFs used to calibrate the suppression function may contain finder artifacts; this directly affects the claimed 0.1-0.2 dex accuracy and the fitted parameters.

    Authors: We agree with the referee that the halo-finding pipeline requires additional validation to ensure the robustness of the reported halo mass functions. The grid-based approach was implemented to provide a consistent identification method for the combined CDM and FDM density fields. The manuscript currently describes the pipeline but does not report convergence tests or benchmark comparisons. In the revised manuscript, we will include these tests, including resolution studies, comparisons with pure-CDM cases, and an evaluation of potential artifacts arising from FDM interference patterns. This will strengthen confidence in the 0.1-0.2 dex accuracy of the suppression function. revision: yes

  2. Referee: the suppression function parameters are stated to depend on redshift and FDM fraction and to reproduce the simulated HMFs within 0.1-0.2 dex, yet no explicit functional form, fitting procedure, covariance, or cross-validation against independent data or hold-out redshifts/fractions is provided, leaving open whether the agreement is a genuine prediction or a fit by construction.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the phenomenological model section would benefit from more detailed documentation of the suppression function. The manuscript introduces the model and states its accuracy, but does not provide the explicit functional form or fitting details. We will revise this section to specify the functional form of the suppression function, describe the fitting procedure used to determine the redshift- and fraction-dependent parameters, include any relevant covariance information, and present cross-validation results using hold-out redshifts and FDM fractions. These additions will demonstrate the model's applicability beyond the specific simulation points used in fitting. revision: yes

Circularity Check

1 steps flagged

Phenomenological suppression function parameters fitted to own simulations, making reproduction tautological

specific steps
  1. fitted input called prediction [Abstract]
    "Motivated by these trends, we introduce a phenomenological model that maps CDM HMFs to their MDM counterparts using a suppression function with parameters dependent on redshift and FDM fraction. This model reproduces the simulated HMFs within approximately 0.1 to 0.2 dex across the parameter space explored (1 ≤ z ≤ 4, f ≤ 0.3)."

    The suppression-function parameters are determined by fitting to the HMFs extracted from the same set of simulations whose results the model is then said to reproduce. The quoted 0.1-0.2 dex agreement is therefore enforced by construction of the fit and does not constitute an independent prediction.

full rationale

The paper's main deliverable is a phenomenological model whose suppression function parameters are explicitly dependent on redshift and FDM fraction and are calibrated to reproduce the HMFs measured in the authors' own MDM simulations. The quoted accuracy (0.1-0.2 dex) is therefore the result of the fitting procedure itself rather than an independent derivation or external test. No self-citations, uniqueness theorems, or ansatzes from prior author work are invoked as load-bearing steps. The grid-based halo finder is a methodological choice whose validity is assumed but does not create a definitional loop in the reported model. This is a classic case of a fitted input being presented as a predictive mapping.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

1 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests on simulations and a fitted phenomenological model; the free parameters are the coefficients in the suppression function.

free parameters (1)
  • suppression function parameters
    Parameters of the suppression function are dependent on redshift and FDM fraction, fitted to match simulation results.
axioms (1)
  • domain assumption The combined density field from CDM particles and FDM waves can be used to identify halos consistently.
    Invoked in the development of the grid-based halo-finding pipeline.

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