English

Dark Matter capture and annihilation on the First Stars: preliminary estimates

Astrophysics 2010-11-11 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Assuming that Dark Matter is dominated by WIMPs, it accretes by gravitational attraction and scattering over baryonic material and annihilates inside celestial objects, giving rise to a "Dark Luminosity" which may potentially affect the evolution of stars. We estimate the Dark Luminosity achieved by different kinds of stars in a halo with DM properties characteristic of the ones where the first star formation episode occurs. We find that either massive, metal-free and small, galactic-like stars can achieve Dark Luminosities comparable or exceeding their nuclear ones. This might have dramatic effects over the evolution of the very first stars, known as Population III.

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@article{arxiv.0802.0941,
  title  = {Dark Matter capture and annihilation on the First Stars: preliminary estimates},
  author = {Fabio Iocco},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.0941},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

One table (with data for actual ZAMS metal-free stars) added with respect to published version