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Searching for signatures of fuzzy dark matter in cosmic filament profiles

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Pith's one-line read Galaxy maps of cosmic filaments show no strong periodic density fringes, ruling out high-amplitude fuzzy-dark-matter models on 0.2–2 Mpc scales.

desk verdict Solid first observational exclusion of high-amplitude periodic filament models with SDSS; the FDM interpretation is provisional because it rests on an untested galaxy-tracing assumption the authors themselves flag. read the letter →

arxiv 2607.09609 v1 pith:NCSI6M6K submitted 2026-07-10 astro-ph.CO

Callum J. O'Kane , Alfonso Aragón-Salamanca , Ulrike Kuchner , Meghan E. Gray This is my paper · ORCID
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The reading

Fuzzy dark matter is made of ultralight particles whose wave nature can create interference fringes inside the long strands of the cosmic web. This paper asks whether those fringes leave a detectable imprint on the galaxies that live around filaments. Using thousands of filaments drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the authors measure the radial number density of galaxies and search for a single cosine-like modulation. Most of the amplitude–wavelength plane, including the case of zero amplitude, fits the data; only strong modulations are excluded. The result is therefore a null detection that still demonstrates a practical new test: once better simulations or deeper surveys exist, the same method can constrain how dark matter is arranged inside filaments.

What carries the argument

A simple two-parameter filament model F(d) = Fe(d) [1 − A + A cos(2π d / λ)] with λ = λ0 cos θ, whose median power spectrum is compared to the observed median power spectrum via χ2.

What would settle it

A deeper spectroscopic survey that places dozens of galaxies inside each filament and yields a statistically significant peak in the median power spectrum at a well-defined wavelength would overturn the present null result.

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Core claim

Across 4,394 filaments with at least ten member galaxies, the median power spectrum of galaxy displacements is consistent at the 2σ level with every model that has zero periodic amplitude, and excludes the high-amplitude strip A > 0.16 λ0 + 0.18 for face-on wavelengths between 0.2 and 2 Mpc at 3σ.

Load-bearing premise

On the scales of filaments, galaxies still track the dark-matter density closely enough that any interference fringes would appear as measurable periodicities in the galaxy counts.

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Referee Report

3 major / 6 minor

Summary. The paper develops a Fourier-based methodology to search for periodicities in galaxy number profiles around cosmic filaments, motivated by interference fringes predicted in fuzzy dark matter (FDM). Using 4,394 filaments from the Tempel et al. catalogue (each with ≥10 SDSS galaxies after group/cluster excision), the authors construct signed projected distance profiles, compute noise-subtracted median power spectra, and compare them via χ² to a phenomenological model F(d)=Fe(d)[1−A+A cos(2πd/λ)] with λ=λ0 cos θ. They report that most of the (A, λ0) plane is consistent with the data at 2σ, including all A=0 models, while excluding A>0.16λ0+0.18 for 0.2 Mpc ≲ λ0 ≲ 2 Mpc at 3σ, thereby demonstrating that filament galaxy profiles can constrain models of this form.

Significance. If the result holds, the work supplies a new, survey-scale observational channel for testing wave-like dark-matter structure on Mpc scales, complementary to Lyman-α, satellite counts, and lensing. The statistical pipeline (signed distances, Hanning window, explicit Poisson-noise subtraction, bootstrap errors, ENBW-corrected degrees of freedom) is carefully specified and reproducible in principle. The paper is appropriately cautious that low-z FDM+baryon simulations do not yet exist, so the null result does not rule out FDM; its primary contribution is methodological. Future deeper samples (DESI BGS, 4MOST) can tighten the same framework. The explicit 3σ exclusion line on the phenomenological amplitude is a falsifiable, quantitative deliverable.

major comments (3)
  1. [Abstract / §3.2 / §6] Abstract and §6 frame the result as testing “models of filament dark matter structure,” yet §3.2 correctly identifies the galaxy–DM tracing assumption as “our most significant assumption” and notes that low-z FDM simulations capable of validating it do not exist. The measured quantity is the median power spectrum of galaxy number profiles. The abstract and conclusions should more sharply separate (i) the robust constraint on the phenomenological galaxy model of Eq. (1) from (ii) the conditional interpretation for FDM density contrast, so that the central claim is not overstated relative to the untested coupling.
  2. [§2.3 / §5 / Eq. (4)] §2.3 and §5 note that groups and clusters preferentially lie near filament spines and that their removal can systematically deplete the inner profile and “smear out any periodicities.” No quantitative test is shown (e.g., median power spectra and χ² contours with versus without the Yang et al. cut, or with a milder R180 cut). Because this cut directly shapes the stacked profile that defines Fe(d) via Eq. (4) and the individual profiles that enter the power spectra, a robustness check is load-bearing for both the A=0 consistency and the linear 3σ exclusion A>0.16λ0+0.18.
  3. [§3.2.1 / Eq. (4) / Fig. 3] Eq. (4) constructs Fe(d) so that the inclination-averaged model exactly recovers the observed stacked profile for every (A, λ0). This is intentional for the smooth component, but it means that part of any true periodic power that survives stacking can be absorbed into Fe. The paper should demonstrate (analytically or with controlled mocks) that residual periodic power at λ0 still appears as a distinct peak in the median individual-filament power spectra and is not fully reabsorbed, otherwise the exclusion region could be biased high in A.
minor comments (6)
  1. [§1] §1: “noteable” → “notable”.
  2. [§4.1] §4.1: “we preform bootstrapping” → “we perform bootstrapping”.
  3. [§5 / Fig. 5] §5: “15 Fourier freuency measurements” → “frequency”; “3σ countour” → “contour” (also in Fig. 5 caption).
  4. [Fig. 2 / Fig. 4] Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 captions would benefit from stating the number of mock realisations and the exact binning so that the idealised power spectra can be reproduced without reading the full text.
  5. [Appendix B] Appendix B: the translated mass range (∼10^{-25}–10^{-26} eV) already lies well below existing Lyman-α and satellite bounds. A single clarifying sentence that these mass limits are illustrative only and not competitive would prevent mis-citation.
  6. [§3.2 / Eq. (3)] The assumption f(θ)=2/π is stated without reference to possible orientation bias in the Bisous catalogue; a brief note or citation would help.

Circularity Check

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Envelope Fe is fixed by construction to recover the observed stacked profile (Eq. 4); A and λ0 remain free parameters tested independently via median power spectra.

  1. self definitional [Section 3.2.1, Equations 3–4]
    "We impose the requirement that, irrespective of the filament form, the stacked profile of all the filaments must match observations. … This formulation ensures that, for any choice of A and λ0, the envelope term multiplied by the periodic term, averaged over random inclinations, reproduces the observed stacked filament profile."

    Fe(d) is defined directly as the observed stacked profile divided by the inclination average of the periodic factor. Consequently the mean radial profile is matched by construction for every point in the (A, λ0) plane and is not an independent prediction. The subsequent power-spectrum comparison remains free of this tautology.

full rationale

The paper is a phenomenological search, not a first-principles derivation of FDM. The only self-definitional step is the empirical construction of the smooth envelope Fe(d) so that the inclination-averaged model exactly reproduces the observed stacked galaxy profile for any (A, λ0). That step is acknowledged and is standard profile normalisation; it does not force the power-spectrum χ^{2} contours or the 3σ exclusion line A > 0.16 λ0 + 0.18. The median power spectra of the individual (noise-subtracted, Hanning-windowed) filament profiles constitute an independent higher-order statistic against which A and λ0 are varied freely. No fitted subset is re-labelled a prediction, no uniqueness theorem is imported by self-citation, and no ansatz is smuggled in. The galaxy-tracing assumption is load-bearing for the FDM interpretation but is an external modelling premise, not a circular reduction of the statistical claim. Hence only minor circularity (score 2).

Assumptions & free parameters 2 free parameters · 4 assumptions · 1 invented entities

The central statistical claim rests on a phenomenological cosine model, the assumption that galaxies trace dark-matter fringes, a single universal (A, λ0) for all filaments, and an empirically forced envelope that matches the stacked profile by construction. No new particles or forces are invented; free parameters are the two model amplitudes that are scanned rather than fitted to a preferred value.

free parameters (2)
  • A (periodic amplitude) = scanned 0–0.5; best-fit near 0
    Maximum density contrast of the cosine term; scanned freely and compared via χ²; the exclusion line is defined in terms of A.
  • λ0 (face-on wavelength) = scanned; no unique preferred value
    Characteristic wavelength of the periodic term before projection; scanned 0.2–3 Mpc; enters the exclusion relation linearly.
assumptions (4)
  • domain assumption On filament scales the galaxy number density traces the underlying dark-matter density sufficiently for interference fringes to appear as measurable periodicities.
    Stated as the most significant assumption in §3.2; without it the null result does not constrain FDM.
  • ad hoc to paper All filaments share a single universal amplitude A and face-on wavelength λ0 independent of mass, length or environment.
    Explicit modelling choice in §3.2; literature cited by the authors shows filament properties vary, so the assumption is simplifying.
  • ad hoc to paper The envelope Fe(d) can be recovered by requiring that the inclination-averaged model exactly reproduces the observed stacked filament profile (Eq. 4).
    Constructed empirically in §3.2.1 so that differences in power spectra arise only from the periodic term.
  • domain assumption WMAP9 cosmology and the Tempel et al. (2014) Bisous filament catalogue correctly represent the low-redshift cosmic web.
    Standard background choices used throughout §§2–3.
invented entities (1)
  • phenomenological filament model F(d)=Fe(d)[1−A+A cos(2πd/λ)] with λ=λ0 cos θ
    purpose: Provides a two-parameter family against which observed power spectra can be compared in the absence of late-time FDM simulations.
    Not derived from first-principles FDM dynamics; introduced as a simple toy model motivated by high-z simulation images and the analytic work of Zimmermann et al. (2024).

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abstract

Current observations reveal persistent tensions with the standard cold dark matter paradigm, raising the question of whether these can be explained by baryonic physics alone or require alternative dark matter models. One such alternative is fuzzy (or wave) dark matter, consisting of ultralight particles with mass $m \sim 10^{-22}$ eV and de Broglie wavelengths on kpc to Mpc scales, which may give rise to large--scale interference patterns in non-linear structures around the cosmic web, such as filaments and clusters. In this work, we search for possible signatures of these interference fringes by investigating periodicities in the distribution of galaxies around cosmic web filaments. To demonstrate our methodology, we compare the filament profiles to a simple model that includes a periodic component of the form $A\cos(2\pi d/ \lambda)$, where $A$ is the maximum density contrast (amplitude) of the periodic component, with wavelength $\lambda=\lambda_0 \cos\theta$ for some face-on wavelength $\lambda_0$ inclined at an angle $\theta$ to the line of sight. Exploiting the large Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Main Galaxy Sample, we analyse a sample of 4,394 filaments from the Tempel et al. filament catalogue, each containing at least 10 member galaxies. We find a vast portion of the parameter space is consistent with the observations at the $2\sigma$ level, including all models with $A = 0$ (no periodicity). We identify a region of the parameter space in tension with the observations, allowing us to exclude values of $A > 0.16 \lambda_0 + 0.18$ for $0.2\,\text{Mpc}\,\lesssim \lambda_0 \lesssim 2\,\text{Mpc}$ at the $3\sigma$ level, demonstrating the ability to test models of filament dark matter structure using this methodology.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. The number of filaments as a function of galaxy members. Galaxy members are defined as galaxies within 1.5 Mpc of a given filament spine which do not reside within close proximity to a group/cluster (distances larger than 𝑅180,group and 2.5𝑅180,cluster; see subsection 2.3). The vertical dashed line denotes the 10 member limit; only filaments with 10 or more members are considered in this work (see subsection 4.1), r… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. A visualisation of the simple toy model used in this work for various 𝐴 and 𝜆, using 𝜆0 = 1 Mpc and varying the inclination angle 𝜃. The 1-D filament profiles are taken and 1,000 distances are drawn from the model (red line atop of the histogram) and translated to positions. It can be seen that decreasing 𝐴 at a given 𝜆 reduces the density contrast of the periodicities, whilst increasing the inclination decreases th… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Example of the envelope term 𝐹e as function of both 𝐴 and 𝜆0, sampled in increments of 0.1 Mpc (see subsection 4.1). This function effectively parameterises the shape of the filaments in the absence of periodicity. It can be seen that this shape varies significantly with both 𝐴 and 𝜆0, highlighting the need to properly account for this in the modeling. is consistent with a Navarro–Frenk–White profile, but the more l… view at source ↗
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Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_4.png]
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: (Left) The observed median power spectra (black) compared to the best fitting simulated median power spectra (red) along with their respective 1 𝜎 error of the difference. The residual plot is shown below in the black solid line, with the shaded grey region representin…

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