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{We present a study of neutron star models that contain dark matter (DM) in the core. The DM is assumed to have a particle nature and to be self-interacting. Using constraints on the mass and radius of neutron stars, we investigate the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-11-17 Wasif Husain , Anthony W. Thomas

If dark matter (DM) particles are lighter than a few MeV/$c^2$ and can scatter off electrons, their interaction within the solar interior results in a considerable hardening of the spectrum of galactic dark matter received on Earth. For a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-11-19 Haipeng An , Maxim Pospelov , Josef Pradler , Adam Ritz

The Sun is a promising target for dark matter (DM) searches due to its ability to accumulate DM particles via scattering and catalyze their self-annihilation. However, at low DM masses, DM particles can also "evaporate" due to subsequent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-05 Thong T. Q. Nguyen , Tim Linden

We study the impact of heavy dark matter (DM) captured in massive stars via scattering(s) with the star constituents. We focus on the first stars and use stellar evolution simulations to track down how DM capture evolves over time from the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-24 Sandra Robles , Walter Tangarife , Giorgio Busoni

We study an impact of self-interacting bosonic dark matter (DM) on various observable properties of neutron stars (NSs). The analysis is performed for asymmetric DM with masses from few MeV to GeV, the self-coupling constant of order…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-05 Davood Rafiei Karkevandi , Soroush Shakeri , Violetta Sagun , Oleksii Ivanytskyi

We present a synthesis of recent photometric and kinematic data for several of the most dark-matter dominated galaxies. There is a bimodal distribution in half-light radii, with stable star clusters always being smaller than $\sim30$pc,…

We systematically investigate the observable properties of dark matter-admixed quark stars (DQSs) using the confined-isospin-density-dependent-mass model in combination with the generic bosonic self-interacting dark matter model. Our…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-01-09 Hong-Ming Liu , Peng-Cheng Chu , He Liu , Xiao-Hua Li , Zeng-Hua Li

If dark matter interacts with nuclei or electrons, then elastic collisions with constituents of stars will cause some of the galactic dark matter to fall below the escape velocity and become gravitationally bound. For asymmetric dark matter…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-05-14 Stephanie Beram , Aaron C. Vincent

Till today, the nature of Dark Matter (DM) remains elusive despite all our efforts. This missing matter of the universe has not been observed by the already operating DM direct-detection experiments, but we can infer its gravitational…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-10 M. Vikiaris , V. Petousis , M. Veselsky , Ch. C. Moustakidis

We study the equilibrium structures of white dwarfs with dark matter cores formed by non-self-annihilating dark matter DM particles with mass ranging from 1 GeV to 100 GeV, which are assumed to form an ideal degenerate Fermi gas inside the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-18 S. -C. Leung , M. -C. Chu , L. -M. Lin , K. -W. Wong

We report the first calculation of light scattering on heavy dark matter (DM) particles. We show that despite the fact that DM has no direct coupling to photons, the light-DM($\gamma\chi$) ($m_\chi \sim 1$ TeV) cross-section is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-18 A. Acar , C. Isaacson , M. Bashkanov , D. P. Watts

Dark Stars (DS) may constitute the first phase of stellar evolution, powered by dark matter (DM) annihilation. We will investigate here the properties of DS assuming the DM particle has the required properties to explain the excess positron…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-02 Cosmin Ilie , Katherine Freese , Douglas Spolyar

Neutron stars harbour matter under extreme conditions, providing a unique testing ground for fundamental interactions. We recently developed an improved treatment of dark matter (DM) capture in neutron stars that properly incorporates many…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-03-30 Nicole F. Bell , Giorgio Busoni , Sandra Robles , Michael Virgato

Stars orbiting Sgr A* at the Milky Way's center provide a unique laboratory to test gravity and dark matter (DM). We demonstrate that DM interactions in stellar interiors induce a novel momentum transfer force, altering orbits beyond…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-10 R. Andrew Gustafson , Ian M. Shoemaker , Volodymyr Takhistov

We investigate hydrostatic configurations of asymmetric dark matter (DM) spheres in scenarios where fermionic DM can propagate into extra spatial dimensions, while Standard Model fields remain confined to ordinary three dimensions. As the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-18 Raghuveer Garani , Chris Kouvaris , Michel H. G. Tytgat , Jérôme Vandecasteele

Dark Matter (DM) can be trapped by the gravitational field of any star, since collisions with nuclei in dense environments can slow down the DM particle below the escape velocity ($v_{esc}$) at the surface of the star. If captured, the DM…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-16 Cosmin Ilie , Caleb Levy , Jacob Pilawa , Saiyang Zhang

Observations have indicated that we do not see neutron stars (NS) of mass near the theoretical upper limit as predicted. Here we invoke the role of dark matter (DM) particles in star formation, and their role in lowering the mass of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-26 Sandeep Kumar S , Kenath Arun , C Sivaram

Dark matter (DM) which constitutes five-sixths of all matter is hypothesised to be a weakly interacting non-baryonic particle, created in the early stages of cosmic evolution. It can affect various cosmic structures in the Universe via…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-10 Clea Sunny , Arun Kenath , C Sivaram , S B Gudennavar

Dark Matter constitutes most of the matter in the presently accepted cosmological model for our Universe. The extreme conditions of ordinary baryonic matter, namely high density and compactness, in Neutron Stars make these objects suitable…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-20 M. Cermeño , M. Ángeles Pérez-García , Joseph Silk

An unavoidable prediction of scenarios with Dark Matter (DM) self-interactions is the existence of number changing processes that convert $n$ initial DM particles into $m$ final ones ($n\to m$ processes), possibly accompanied by Standard…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-06-17 Boris Betancourt Kamenetskaia , Motoko Fujiwara , Alejandro Ibarra , Takashi Toma