WIMP annihilation and cooling of neutron stars

By C. Kouvaris. 2007

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We study the effect of WIMP annihilation on the temperature of a neutron star. We shall argue that the released energy due to WIMP annihilation inside the neutron stars might affect the temperature of stars older than 10x10{sup 6} years, flattening out the temperature at {approx}10{sup 4} K for a typical neutron star.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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In Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. P. Ciarcelluti
2. A. E. Erkoca
3. T. Güver
4. Fredrik Sandin
5. M. Reno
6. I. Sarcevic
7. A. Steiner
8. J. Lattimer

In Nuclear and High Energy Physics

1. P. Ciarcelluti
2. A. E. Erkoca
3. T. Güver
4. Fredrik Sandin
5. M. Reno
6. I. Sarcevic

Citations in the corpus

• Effects of mirror dark matter on neutron stars (2008, background): “The accretion-driven heating should be somewhat higher in the case of WIMPs, but the effect is presently not observable [4].”
• On the capture of dark matter by neutron stars (2012, background): “The number of dark matter particles that can be captured by a neutron star is given by [26]”