We have performed TreeSPH simulations of
disk galaxy formation in various
warm dark matter (
WDM)
cosmologies. Our results indicate that for a range of
WDM free-streaming masses, the
disk galaxy formation angular momentum problem can be completely resolved by going to the
WDM structure formation scenario, without having to invoke stellar feedback processes at all. We also confirm our previous suspicion, that part of the angular momentum problem is due to numerical effects, most likely related to the shock capturing,
artificial viscosity used in
SPH. Furthermore we find that we can match the observed I-band Tully-Fisher (
TF) relation, provided that the I-band
mass-to-light ratio of
disk galaxies is about 0.8. We argue that this is quite a reasonable value in comparison with various dynamical and spectrophotometric estimates, including one given in this paper. We speculate that our success in matching the
TF relation may be due to
WDM halos being less centrally concentrated than
CDM halos and suggest to check this exciting possibility with high resolution simulations, in particular in low Omega_M,
WDM cosmologies. Finally, we discuss possible physical candidates for
WDM particles extensively. We find that the most promising are
neutrinos with weaker or stronger interactions than normal,
majorons (light
pseudogoldstone bosons) or mirror or shadow world
neutrinos.
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