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Refereed articles

75.- THESAN-HR: Galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization in warm dark matter, fuzzy dark matter and interacting dark matter
        Shen, X., Borrow, J., Vogelsberger, M., Garaldi, E., Smith, A., Kannan, R., Tacchella S.,
        Zavala, J. , Hernquist, L., Yeh, J. Y. C. & Zheng, C., 2023, (arXiv:2304.06742)
74.- Cosmological structure formation and soliton phase transition in fuzzy dark matter with axion self-interactions
        Mocz, P., Fialkov, A., Vogelsberger, M., Boylan-Kolchin, M., Chavanis, P., Amin, M. A., Bose, S., Dome, T.,
        Hernquist, L., Lancaster, L., Notis, M., Painter, C., Robles, V. H. & Zavala, J. ,
        2023, MNRAS, 521, 2608, (arXiv:2301.10266)
73.- Gravothermal collapse of self-interacting dark matter halos as the origin of
        intermediate mass black holes in Milky Way satellites

        Meshveliani, Tamar, Zavala, J. & Lovell, M. R., 2023, PRD, 107, 083010, (arXiv:2210.01817)
72.- Matching the mass function of Milky Way satellites in competing dark matter models
        Lovell, M., R. & Zavala, J. , 2023, MNRAS, 520, 1567, (arXiv:2209.06834)
71.- Real and counterfeit cores: how feedback expands haloes and disrupts tracers of
        inner gravitational potential in dwarf galaxies

        Jahn, E. D., Sales, L. V., Marinacci, F., Vogelsberger, M., Torrey, P., Qi, J.,
        Smith, A., Li, H., Kannan, R., Burger, J. D. & Zavala, J. , 2023, MNRAS, 520, 461, (arXiv:2110.00142)
70.- Kinematic Signatures of Impulsive Supernova Feedback in Dwarf Galaxies
        Burger, J. D., Zavala, J. , Sales, L. V., Vogelsberger, M., Marinacci, F. & Torrey, P.,
        2022, PRL, 129, 191103, (arXiv:2211.03795)
69.- Constraining SIDM with halo shapes: Revisited predictions from realistic simulations of early-type galaxies
        Despali, G., Walls, L. G., Vegetti, S., Sparre, M., Vogelsberger, M. & Zavala, J. ,
        2022, MNRAS, 516, 4543, (arXiv:2204.12502)
68.- Endothermic self-interacting dark matter in Milky Way-like dark matter haloes
        O'Neil, S., Vogelsberger, M., Heeba, S., Schutz, K., Rose, J. C., Torrey, P., Borrow, J.,
        Low, R., Adhikari, R., Medvedev, M. V., Slatyer, T. R. & Zavala, J. , 2022 (arXiv:2210.16328)
67.- The feasibility of constraining DM interactions with high-redshift observations by JWST
        Kurmus, A., Bose, S., Lovell, M., Cyr-Racine, F., Vogelsberger, M., Pfrommer, C. & Zavala, J. ,
        2022, MNRAS, 516, 1524, (arXiv:2203.04985)
66.- X-ray morphology of cluster-mass haloes in self-interacting dark matter
        Shen, X., Brinckmann, T., Rapetti, D., Vogelsberger, M., Mantz, A., Zavala, J. & Allen, S. W.,
        2022, MNRAS, 516, 1302, (arXiv:2202.00038)
65.- Astrophysical Tests of Dark Matter Self-Interactions
        Adhikari, S., Banerjee, A., Boddy, K. K., Cyr-Racine, F., Desmond, H., Dvorkin, C., Jain, B., Kahlhoefer, F.,
        Kaplinghat, M., Nierenberg, A., Peter, A. H. G., Robertson, A., Sakstein, J. & Zavala, J. , 2022 (arXiv:2207.10638)
64.- Degeneracies between self-interacting dark matter and supernova feedback as cusp-core transformation mechanisms
        Burger, J. D., Zavala, J. , Sales, L. V., Vogelsberger, M., Marinacci, F. & Torrey, P.,
        2022, MNRAS, 513, 3458, (arXiv:2108.07358)
63.- Conservation of radial actions in time-dependent spherical potentials
        Burger, J. D., Peñarrubia, J. & Zavala, J. , 2021, MNRAS, 508, 1404, (arXiv:2012.00737)
62.- Supernova-driven Mechanism of Cusp-core Transformation: an Appraisal
        Burger, J. D. & Zavala, J. , 2021, ApJ, 921, 126, (arXiv:2103.01231)
61.- The halo mass function and inner structure of ETHOS haloes at high redshift
        Bohr, S., Zavala, J. Cyr-Racine, F. & Vogelsberger, M., 2021, MNRAS, 506, 128, (arXiv:2101.08790)
60.- The onset of gravothermal core collapse in velocity-dependent self-interacting dark matter subhaloes
        Turner, H. C., Lovell, M. R., Zavala, J. & Vogelsberger, M., 2021, MNRAS, 505, 5327, (arXiv:2010.02924)
59.- ETHOS ‐ an effective theory of structure formation: Impact of dark acoustic oscillations on cosmic dawn
        Muñoz, J. B., Bohr, S., Cyr-Racine, F. Zavala, J. & Vogelsberger, M., 2021, PRD, 103, 043512, (arXiv:2011.05333)
58.- The impact of inelastic self-interacting dark matter on the dark matter structure of a Milky Way halo
        Chua, K. T. E., Dibert, K., Vogelsberger, M. & Zavala, J. , 2021, MNRAS, 500, 1531, (arXiv:2010.08562)
57.- ETHOS - an effective parametrization and classification for structure formation: the non-linear regime at z > 5
        Bohr, S., Zavala, J. , Cyr-Racine, F., Vogelsberger, M., Bringmann, T. & Pfrommer, C.,
        2020, MNRAS, 498, 3403, (arXiv:2006.01842)
56.- Local group star formation in warm and self-interacting dark matter cosmologies
        Lovell, M. R., Hellwing, W., Ludlow, A., Zavala, J. , Robertson, A., Fattahi, A., Frenk, C. S., Hardwick, J.,
        2020, MNRAS, 498, 702, (arXiv:2002.11129)
55.- Simulating the "hidden giant" in cold and self-interacting dark matter models
        Sameie, O., Chakrabarti, S., Yu, H., Boylan-Kolchin, M., Vogelsberger, M., Zavala, J. ,
        Hernquist, L., 2020, arXiv:2006.06681
54.- Galaxy formation with BECDM - II. Cosmic filaments and first galaxies
        Mocz, P., Fialkov, A., Vogelsberger, M., Becerra, F., Shen, X., Robles, V. H., Amin, M. A., Zavala, J. ,
        Boylan-Kolchin, M., Bose, S., Marinacci, F., Chavanis, P., Lancaster, L., Hernquist, L.,
        2020, MNRAS, 494, 2027, (arXiv:1911.05746)
53.- Self-Interacting Dark Matter Subhalos in the Milky Way's Tides
        Sameie, O., Yu, H., Sales, L. V., Vogelsberger, M. & Zavala, J. , 2020, PRL, 124, 141102, (arXiv:1904.07872)
52.- First Star-Forming Structures in Fuzzy Cosmic Filaments
        Mocz, P., Fialkov, A., Vogelsberger, M., Becerra, F., Amin, M. A., Bose, S., Boylan-Kolchin, M., Chavanis, P.,
        Hernquist, L., Lancaster, L., Marinacci, F., Robles, V. H., Zavala, J. , 2019, PRL, 123, 141301, (arXiv:1910.01653)
51.- Diverse dark matter density at sub-kiloparsec scales in Milky Way satellites: Implications for the nature of dark matter
        Zavala, J. , Lovell, M. R., Vogelsberger, M. & Buger, J. D., 2019, PRD, 100, 063007, (arXiv:1904.09998)
50.- Dark Matter Haloes and Subhaloes
        Zavala, J. & Frenk, C. S., 2019, Galaxies, 7, 81, (arXiv:1907.11775)
49.- Sloshing of Galaxy Cluster Core Plasma in the Presence of Self-interacting Dark Matter
        ZuHone, J. A., Zavala, J. & Vogelsberger M., 2019, ApJ, 882, 119, (arXiv:1901.11140)
48.- ETHOS - an Effective Theory of Structure Formation: detecting dark matter interactions through the Lyman-alpha forest
        Bose, S., Vogelsberger, M., Zavala, J. , Pfrommer, C., Cyr-Racine, F., Bohr, S. & Bringmann, T.,
        2019, MNRAS, 487, 522, (arXiv:1811.10630)
47.- ETHOS - an effective theory of structure formation: formation of the first haloes and their stars
        Lovell, M. R., Zavala, J. & Vogelsberger, M., 2019, MNRAS, 485, 5474, (arXiv:1812.04627)
46.- The nature of core formation in dark matter haloes: adiabatic or impulsive?
        Burger J. D.& Zavala, J. , 2019, MNRAS, 485, 1008, (arXiv:1810.10024)
45.- Evaporating the Milky Way halo and its satellites with inelastic self-interacting dark matter
        Vogelsberger, M., Zavala, J. , Schutz, K. & Slatyer T. R., 2019, MNRAS, 484, 5437, (arXiv:1805.03203)
44.- The interplay of self-interacting dark matter and baryons in shaping the halo evolution
        Despali, G., Sparre, M., Vegetti, S., Vogelsberger, M., Zavala, J. & Marinacci, F.
        2019, MNRAS, 484, 4563, (arXiv:1811.02569)
43.- Towards an improved model of self-interacting dark matter haloes
        Sokolenko, A., Bondarenko, K., Brinckmann, T., Zavala, J. , Vogelsberger, M., Bringmann, T. & Boyarsky, A.
        2018, JCAP, 12, 038, (arXiv:1806.11539)
42.- Gravitational lensing and the power spectrum of dark matter substructure:
        Insights from the ETHOS N-body simulations

        Díaz Rivero, A., Dvorkin, C., Cyr-Racine, F., Zavala, J. & Vogelsberger, M.
        2018, PRD, 98, 103517, (arXiv:1809.00004)
41.- Forward modelling of quasar light curves and the cosmological matter power spectrum on milliparsec scales
        Karami, M., Afshordi, N. & Zavala, J. , 2018, (1805.06984)
40.- The impact of baryonic disks on the shapes and profiles of self-interacting dark matter halos
        Sameie, O., Creasey, P., Yu, H., Sales, L., Vogelsberger, M. & Zavala, J.
        2018, MNRAS, 479, 359, (arXiv:1801.09682)
39.- ETHOS -- an effective theory of structure formation: Predictions for the high-redshift Universe
        -- abundance of galaxies and reionization

        Lovell, M., Zavala, J. , Vogelsberger, M., Shen, X., Cyr-Racine, F., Pfrommer, C., Sigurdson, K.,
        Boylan-Kolchin, M. & Pillepich, A., 2018, MNRAS, 477, 886, (arXiv:1711.10497)
38.- Binary pulsars as probes of a Galactic dark matter disk
        Caputo, A., Zavala, J. & Blas, D., 2018, PDU, 19, 1, (arXiv:1709.03991)
37.- The structure and assembly history of cluster-sized haloes in self-interacting dark matter
        Brinckmann, T., Zavala, J. , Rapetti, D., Hansen, S. & Vogelsberger, M.
        2018, MNRAS, 474, 746, (arXiv:1705.00623)
36.- Galaxy formation with BECDM - I. Turbulence and relaxation of idealized haloes
        Mocz, P., Vogelsberger, M., Robles, V., Zavala, J. , Boylan-Kolchin, M., Fialkov, A. & Hernquist, Lars,
        2017, MNRAS, 471, 4559, (arXiv:1705.05845)
35.- A rumble in the dark: signatures of self-interacting dark matter in supermassive
        black hole dynamics and galaxy density profiles

        Di Cintio, A., Tremmel, M., Governato, F., Pontzen, A., Zavala, J. , Bastidas F.,
        Brooks, A. & Vogelsberger, M., 2017, MNRAS, 469, 2845, (arXiv:1701.04410)
34.- Spreading out and staying sharp - creating diverse rotation curves via
        baryonic and self-interaction effects

        Creasey, P., Sameie, O., Sales, L., Yu, H., Vogelsberger, M. & Zavala, J.
        2017, MNRAS, 468, 2283, (arXiv:1612.03903)
33.- The angular power spectrum of the diffuse gamma-ray emission as measured by the
        Fermi Large Area Telescope and constraints on its Dark Matter interpretation

        Fornasa, M., Cuoco, A., Zavala, J. , Gaskins, J., Sanchez-Conde, M., Gomez-Vargas, G.,
        Komatsu, E., Linden, T., Prada, F., Zandanel, F. & Morselli, A.,
        2016, PRD, 94, 123005, (arXiv:1608.07289)
32.- Contributions to cosmic reionization from dark matter annihilation and decay
        Liu, H., Slatyer, T. & Zavala, J. , 2016, PRD, 94, 063507 (arXiv:1604.02457)
31.- Enhanced tidal stripping of satellites in the galactic halo from dark matter self-interactions
        Dooley, G., Peter, A., Vogelsberger, M., Zavala, J. & Frebel, A.,
        2016, MNRAS, 461, 710 (arXiv:1603.08919)
30.- A merger in the dusty, z=7.5 galaxy A1689-zD1?
        Knudsen, K,, Watson, D., Frayer, D., Christensen, L., Gallazzi, A., Michalowski, M., Richard, J. &
        Zavala, J. , 2016, MNRAS, 466, 138, (arXiv:1603.03222)
29.- The link between the assembly of the inner dark matter halo and the angular momentum evolution of
        galaxies in the EAGLE simulation

        Zavala, J. , Frenk, C., Bower, R., Schaye, J., Theuns, T., Crain, R., Trayford, J.,
        Schaller, M. & Furlong, M., 2016, MNRAS, 460, 4466 (arXiv:1512.02636)
28.- ETHOS- an effective theory of structure formation: dark matter physics as a possible explanation of the
        small-scale CDM problems

        Vogelsberger, M., Zavala, J. , Cyr-Racine, F., Pfrommer, C., & Bringmann, T. & Sigurdson, K.,
        2016, MNRAS, 460, 1399 (arXiv:1512.05349)
27.- ETHOS- an effective theory of structure formation:
        From dark particle physics to the matter distribution of the Universe

        Cyr-Racine, F., Sigurdson, K., Zavala, J. , Bringmann, T., Vogelsberger, M., & Pfrommer, C.,
        2016, PRD, 93, 123527 (arXiv:1512.05344)
26.- Universal clustering of dark matter in phase space
        Zavala, J. & Afshordi N., 2016, MNRAS, 457, 986 (arXiv:1508.02713)
25.- Dwarf galaxies in CDM and SIDM with baryons: observational probes of the nature of dark matter
        Vogelsberger, M., Zavala, J, Simpson, C. and Jenkins, A., 2014, MNRAS, 444, 3684 (arXiv:1405.5216)
24.- Scattering, Damping, and Acoustic Oscillations: Simulating the Structure of Dark Matter Halos with
        Relativistic Force Carriers

        Buckley, M., Zavala, J, Cyr-Racine, F., Sigurdson, K. and Vogelsberger, M., 2014,
        PRD, 90, 043524 (arXiv:1405.2075)
23.- Galactic PeV neutrinos from dark matter annihilation
        Zavala, J, 2014, PRD, 89, 123516 (arXiv:1404.2932)
22.- Clustering in the Phase Space of Dark Matter Haloes. II. Stable Clustering and Dark Matter Annihilation
        Zavala, J and Afshordi, N., 2014, MNRAS, 441, 1329 (arXiv:1311.3296)
21.- The growth of galactic bulges through mergers in ΛCDM haloes revisited. II. Morphological mix evolution
        Avila-Reese, V., Zavala, J, Lacerna, I., 2014, MNRAS, 441, 417 arXiv:1311.3163)
20.- Dark matter cores in the Fornax and Sculptor dwarf galaxies: joining halo assembly and detailed star
        formation histories

        Amorisco, N. C., Zavala, J and de Boer, T. J. L., 2014, ApJ Letters, 782, L39 (arXiv:1309.5958)
19.- Clustering in the Phase Space of Dark Matter Haloes. I. Results from the Aquarius simulations
        Zavala, J and Afshordi, N., 2014, MNRAS, 441, 1317 (arXiv:1308.1098)
18.- Constraining Self-Interacting Dark Matter with the Milky Way's dwarf spheroidals
        Zavala, J, Vogelsberger, M. and Walker, M., 2013, MNRAS Letters, 431, L20 (arXiv:1211.6426)
17.- Direct detection of self-interacting dark matter
        Vogelsberger, M. and Zavala, J, 2013, MNRAS, 430, 1722 (arXiv:1211.1377)
16.- Characterization of Dark-Matter-induced anisotropies in the diffuse gamma-ray background
        Fornasa, M., Zavala, J, Sanchez-Conde, M.A., Siegal-Gaskins, J. M., Delahaye, T., Prada, F.,
        Vogelsberger, M., Zandanel, F. and Frenk, C. S., 2013, MNRAS, 429, 1529 (arXiv:1207.0502)
15.- The abundance of (not just) dark matter haloes
        Sawala, T., Frenk, C. S., Crain, R. A., Jenkins, A., Schaye, J., Theuns, T. and Zavala, J, 2013,
        MNRAS, 431, 1366 (arXiv:1206.6495)
14.- The growth of galactic bulges through mergers in ΛCDM haloes revisited. I. Present-day properties
        Zavala, J, Avila-Reese, V., Firmani, C. and Boylan-Kolchin, M., 2012, MNRAS, 427, 1503,
        (arXiv:1204.0516)
13.- Removal and mixing of the coronal gas from satellites in galaxy groups: cooling the intragoup gas
        Zavala, J, Balogh, M. L. and Afshordi, N., 2012, MNRAS, 426, 3464 (arXiv:1208.4849)
12.- Subhaloes in self-interacting galactic dark matter haloes
        Vogelsberger, M., Zavala, J and Loeb, 2012, MNRAS, 423, 3740 (arXiv:1201.5892)
11.- Cosmic X-ray and gamma-ray background from dark matter annihilation
        Zavala, J, Vogelsberger, M., Slatyer, T. R., Loeb, A. and Springel, V., 2011, PRD, 83, 123513
        (arXiv:1103.0776)
10.- Relic density and CMB constraints on dark matter annihilation with Sommerfeld enhancement
        Zavala, J, Vogelsberger, M. and White, S.D.M., 2010, PRD, 81, 083502 (arXiv:0910.5221)
  9.- Extragalactic gamma-ray background radiation from dark matter annihilation
        Zavala, J, Springel, V., Boylan-Kolchin, M., 2010, MNRAS, 405, 593 (arXiv:0908.2428)
  8.- The Velocity Function in the Local Environment from ΛCDM and ΛWDM Constrained Simulations
        Zavala, J, Jing, Y. P., Faltenbacher, A., Yepes, G., Hoffman, Y., Gottlöber, S. and Catinella, B.,
        2009, ApJ, 700, 1779 (arXiv:0906.0585)
  7.- On the Baryonic, Stellar, and Luminous Scaling Relations of Disk Galaxies
        Avila-Reese, V., Zavala, J, Firmani, C. and Hernández-Toledo, H. M., 2008, AJ, 136, 1340 (0807.0636)
  6.- Three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations of the large-scale structure of W50-SS433
        Zavala, J, Velázquez, P. F., Cerqueira, A. H. and Dubner, G. M., 2008, MNRAS, 387, 839
  5.- Bulges versus discs: the evolution of angular momentum in cosmological simulations of galaxy formation
        Zavala, J, Okamoto, T. and Frenk, C. S., 2008, MNRAS, 387, 364 (arXiv:0710.2901)
  4.- Constraining the mSUGRA (minimal supergravity) parameter space using the entropy of dark matter halos
        Núñez, D., Zavala, J., Nellen, L., Sussman, R. A., Cabral-Rosetti, L. G. and Mondragón, M., 2008,
        JCAP, 05,003 (arXiv:0804.3235)
  3.- Stellar polytropes and Navarro Frenk White halo models: comparison with observations
        Zavala, J., Núñez, D., Sussman, R. A., Cabral-Rosetti, L. G. and Matos, T., 2006, JCAP, 06, 008
        (arXiv:astro-ph/0605665)
  2.- Pioneer Anomaly? Gravitational Pull due to the Kuiper Belt
        de Diego, J. A., Núñez, D. and Zavala, J., 2006, IJMPD, 15, 533 (arXiv:astro-ph/0503368)
  1.- The luminous and dark matter content of disk galaxies
        Zavala, J., Avila-Reese, V., Hernández-Toledo, H. and Firmani, C., 2003, A&A, 412, 633
        (arXiv:astro-ph/0305516)