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Dark Matter Mini-halo around the Compact Objects: the Formation, Evolution and Possible Contribution to the Cosmic Ray Electrons/Positrons

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2015-06-03 v2

Abstract

Dark matter particles may be captured by a star and then thermalized in the star's core. At the end of its life a massive star collapses suddenly and a compact object is formed. The dark matter particles redistribute accordingly. In the inelastic dark matter model, an extended dense dark matter mini-halo surrounding the neutron star may be formed. Such mini-halos may be common in the Galaxy. The electron/positron flux resulting in the annihilation of dark matter particles, however, is unable to give rise to observable signal unless a nascent mini-halo is within a distance \sim a few 0.1 pc from the Earth.

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@article{arxiv.1112.3681,
  title  = {Dark Matter Mini-halo around the Compact Objects: the Formation, Evolution and Possible Contribution to the Cosmic Ray Electrons/Positrons},
  author = {Rui-Zhi Yang and Yi-Zhong Fan and Roni Waldman and Jin Chang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.3681},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

12 pages, 4 figures, Accepted for publication by JCAP