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Many inflation theories predict that the primordial power spectrum is scale invariant. The amplitude of the power spectrum can be constrained by different observations such as the cosmic microwave background (CMB), Lyman-$\alpha$,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-01-06 Yupeng Yang

We use the recent measurement of the isotropic $\gamma$-ray background (IGRB) by Fermi LAT and analysis of the contribution of unresolved point $\gamma$-ray sources to IGRB to build constraints on the models of ultra-high cosmic rays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-23 Oleg Kalashev

Enhanced density fluctuations on small scales would lead to the formation of numerous dark matter minihalos, so limits on the minihalo abundance can place upper bounds on the small-scale primordial power spectrum. In particular, the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-01 M. Sten Delos , Adrienne L. Erickcek , Avery P. Bailey , Marcelo A. Alvarez

The dark matter enclosed in a density perturbation with a large initial amplitude (delta-rho/rho > 1e-3) collapses shortly after recombination and forms an ultracompact minihalo (UCMH). Their high central densities make UCMHs especially…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-30 Fangda Li , Adrienne L. Erickcek , Nicholas M. Law

Recent results from numerical simulations and models of galaxy formation suggest that recently discovered ultra-faint compact stellar systems (UFCSs) in the halo of the Milky Way (MW) may be some of the smallest and faintest galaxies. If…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-13 A. Circiello , A. McDaniel , A. Drlica-Wagner , C. Karwin , M. Ajello , M. Di Mauro , M. Sánchez-Conde

The local environment is ideal for searching out compact dark structures via the microlensing and multi-frequency emissions as these objects are expected to be faint and microlensing experiments have already hinted at their possibility. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-16 Geoff Beck , Sergio Colafrancesco

Primordial black holes (PBHs) accumulate weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) around them and form ultracompact minihalos (UCMHs), if the WIMP is a dominant component of the dark matter (DM). In this paper, we discuss that the UCMHs…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-02-15 Ryo Saito , Satoshi Shirai

It was proposed that the massive compact halo objects (MCHOs) would be produced during an earlier epoch of cosmology if the density perturbations are between $3 \times 10^{-4}$ and 0.3. Then these objects can accrete dark matter particles…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-13 Yupeng Yang , Xiaoyuan Huang , Xuelei Chen , Hongshi Zong

The possibility that primordial black hole binary mergers of stellar mass can explain the signals detected by the gravitational-wave interferometers has attracted much attention. In this scenario, primordial black holes can comprise only…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-01 Tomohiro Nakama , Kazunori Kohri , Joseph Silk

In order to explain the large amplitude of the nano-Hertz stochastic gravitational wave background observed in pulsar timing arrays (PTA), primordial sources must be particularly energetic. This is correlated to the generation of large…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-03-07 Yann Gouttenoire

The lightest Kaluza-Klein (KK) dark matter particles and primordial black holes (PBHs) emerge as plausible candidates for dark matter. In scenarios where dark matter is a mix of KK particles and PBHs, PBHs can attract surrounding KK dark…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-01 Yupeng Yang , Qianyong Li , Jiali Hao , Xiujuan Li

The observations and research on the neutrinos provide a kind of indirect way of revealing the properties of dark matter particles. For the detection of muon neutrinos, the main issue is the large atmospheric background, which is caused by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-06 Yupeng Yang , Yan Qin

Cosmic strings are expected to form loops. These can act as seeds for accretion of dark matter, leading to the formation of ultracompact minihalos (UCMHs). We perform a detailed study of the accretion of dark matter onto cosmic string loops…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-22 Madeleine Anthonisen , Robert Brandenberger , Pat Scott

We investigate the prospects of detecting weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter by measuring the contribution to the extragalactic gamma-ray radiation induced, in any dark matter halo and at all redshifts, by WIMP pair…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Piero Ullio , Lars Bergstrom , Joakim Edsjo , Cedric Lacey

Recent studies indicate that thermally produced dark matter will form highly concentrated, low-mass cusps in the early universe that often survive until the present. While these cusps contain a small fraction of the dark matter, their high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-15 M. Sten Delos , Michael Korsmeier , Axel Widmark , Carlos Blanco , Tim Linden , Simon D. M. White

Cosmological inflation generates primordial density perturbations on all scales, including those far too small to contribute to the cosmic microwave background. At these scales, isolated ultracompact minihalos of dark matter can form well…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-21 Grigor Aslanyan , Layne C. Price , Jenni Adams , Torsten Bringmann , Hamish A. Clark , Richard Easther , Geraint F. Lewis , Pat Scott

We investigate contributions to the extragalactic gamma-ray background (EGB) due to neutralino dark matter (DM) pair-annihilation into photons, from DM density enhancements (minispikes) surrounding intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs). We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Shunsaku Horiuchi , Shin'ichiro Ando

We revisit constraints on small-scale primordial power from annihilation signals from dark matter minihalos. Using gamma rays and neutrinos from extragalactic minihalos and assuming the delta-function primordial spectrum, we show the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-07 Tomohiro Nakama , Teruaki Suyama , Kazunori Kohri , Nagisa Hiroshima

Primordial black holes (PBHs) are expected to accrete particle dark matter around them to form ultracompact minihalos (UCMHs), if the PBHs themselves are not most of the dark matter. We show that if most dark matter is a thermal relic, then…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Brian C. Lacki , John F. Beacom

We examine the constraints on final state radiation from Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) dark matter candidates annihilating into various standard model final states, as imposed by the measurement of the isotropic diffuse…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-07-16 Kevork N. Abazajian , Prateek Agrawal , Zackaria Chacko , Can Kilic