Observational consequences of baryonic gaseous dark matter
Abstract
Possible observational consequences of dark matter in the Galaxy in the form of dense molecular gas clouds - clumpuscules of masses and radii cm - are considered. Recent models of the extreme scattering events - refraction of radio-waves from quasars in dense plasma clumps in the Galactic halo - definitely show on such clouds as possible dark matter candidate. We argue that collisions of such clumpuscules are quite frequent: around a year can be ejected in the interstellar medium due to collisions. Optical continuum and 21 cm emissions from post-collisional gas are found to be observable. We show that clumpuscules can form around O stars HII regions of sizes pc and emission measure pc, and can also be observable in emission. Evaporation of clumpuscules by external ionizing radiation can be a substantial mass source. From requirement that the total mass input on the Hubble time cannot exceed the luminous mass in the Galaxy, typical radius of clouds is constrained as cm, and their contribution to surface mass density as 50 . It is argued that dissipation of kinetic energy of the gas ejected by such clouds can be an efficient energy source for the Galactic halo.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9811434,
title = {Observational consequences of baryonic gaseous dark matter},
author = {Yu. A. Shchekinov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9811434},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
21 pages, TeX, Astron. Rept., in press, revision of the paper originally submitted as 9811434, updated references