WIMP Annihilation and Cooling of Neutron Stars
Astrophysics
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
We study the effect of WIMP annihilation on the temperature of a neutron star. We shall argue that the released energy due to WIMP annihilation inside the neutron stars, might affect the temperature of stars older than 10 million years, flattening out the temperature at K for a typical neutron star.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0708.2362,
title = {WIMP Annihilation and Cooling of Neutron Stars},
author = {Chris Kouvaris},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.2362},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
20 pages, 2 figures