Dark Matter on the Smallest Scales
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
This work investigates the dark matters structures that form on the smallest cosmological scales. We find that the types and abundances of structures which form at approximately Earth-mass scales are very sensitive to the nature of dark matter. We explore various candidates for dark matter and determine the corresponding properties of small-scale structure. In particular, we discuss possibilities for indirect detection of dark matter through small-scale structure, and comment on the potential of these methods for discriminating between dark matter candidates.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0611864,
title = {Dark Matter on the Smallest Scales},
author = {E. R. Siegel and G. D'Amico and E. Di Napoli and L. Fu and M. P. Hertzberg and N. T. T. Huong and F. Palorini and A. Sellerholm},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0611864},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
10 Pages, Proceedings from the Dark Matter working group at the 86th Les Houches Summer School: Particle Physics and Cosmology