Mirror Neutron Stars
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2023-05-12 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
The fundamental nature of dark matter is entirely unknown. A compelling candidate is Twin Higgs mirror matter, invisible hidden-sector cousins of the Standard Model particles and forces. This predicts mirror neutron stars made entirely of mirror nuclear matter. We find their structure using realistic equations of state, robustly modified based on first-principle quantum chromodynamic calculations, for the first time. This allows us to predict their gravitational wave signals, demonstrating an impressive discovery potential and ability to probe dark sectors connected to the hierarchy problem.
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@article{arxiv.2103.01965,
title = {Mirror Neutron Stars},
author = {Maurício Hippert and Jack Setford and Hung Tan and David Curtin and Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler and Nicolas Yunes},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.01965},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
25 pages, 7 figures, matches published version