Compact stars as dark matter probes

By G. Bertone, M. Fairbairn. 2007

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We discuss the consequences of the accretion of dark matter (DM) particles on compact stars such as white dwarfs and neutron stars. We show that in large regions of the DM parameter space, these objects are sensitive probes of the presence of DM and can be used to set constraints both on the DM density and on the physical properties of DM particles.

Subfields: Acoustics and Ultrasonics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Effects of mirror dark matter on neutron stars (2008, background): “WIMPs are, however, only one class of DM particles and some observations suggest that the model is oversimplified, see, e.g., [5] and references therein.”
On the capture of dark matter by neutron stars (2012, background): “It has been shown by Bertone and Fairbairn [18] that within the core radius of the globular cluster M4, the DM density may reach to ≈ 34, 000 GeV/cm3.”
Dark nuclei. I. Cosmology and indirect detection (2014, background): “2 Asymmetric Dark Nucleosynthesis and Solar Capture If DM scatters on SM nucleons, it may become captured in astrophysical hosts, such as planets, stars such as the Sun [101–109], neutron stars and white dwarfs [110–112].”