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The process of neutron-mirror neutron oscillation, motivated by symmetric mirror dark matter models, is governed by two parameters: $n-n'$ mixing parameter $\delta$ and $n-n'$ mass splitting $\Delta$. For neutron mirror neutron oscillation…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-12-06 Rabindra N. Mohapatra , Shmuel Nussinov

The upper bound of the speed of sound in dense nuclear matter is one of the most interesting but still unsolved problems in Nuclear Physics. Theoretical studies in connection with recent observational data of isolated neutron stars as well…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-01-27 A. Kanakis-Pegios , P. S. Koliogiannis , Ch. C. Moustakidis

Recent observations of neutron star masses close to the maximum predicted by nucleonic equations of state begin to challenge our understanding of dense matter in neutron stars, and constrain the possible presence of quark matter in their…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Gordon Baym

The dark matter in neutron stars can exist from the lifetime of the progenitor or captured by this compact object. The properties of dark matter entered the neutron stars through each step could be different from each other. Here, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-01 Zeinab Rezaei

In this study, we investigate the impacts of dark matter (DM) on the properties of both static and rotating neutron stars utilizing a self-interacting DM model, motivated by the neutron decay anomaly. DM-admixed NSs are modeled by assuming…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-15 Pinku Routaray , Abirbhav Chakrawarty , N. K. Patra , Bharat Kumar

We propose a model of asymmetric bosonic dark matter (DM) with self-repulsion mediated by the vector field coupled to the complex scalar particles. By adopting the two-fluid formalism, we study different DM distribution regimes, either,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-15 Edoardo Giangrandi , Violetta Sagun , Oleksii Ivanytskyi , Constança Providência , Tim Dietrich

We investigate the constraints on the mass and radius of neutron stars by considering the tidal deformability in the merge of neutron star binaries. In order to extract the most reliable range of uncertainty from theory, we employ models…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-01-02 Young-Min Kim , Yeunhwan Lim , Kyujin Kwak , Chang Ho Hyun , Chang-Hwan Lee

We report a novel neutron interferometry scheme aimed at probing the potential existence of mirror neutrons, which have been proposed as viable dark matter candidates. Our theoretical analysis demonstrates that if mirror neutrons exist,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-03-05 Antonio Capolupo , Gabriele Pisacane , Aniello Quaranta , Francesco Romeo

We consider a thermodynamically consistent approach for the computation of the masses, radii, and tidal deformabilities of compact stars consisting of two interacting fluids with separately conserved quantum numbers. We apply this…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-25 Fazlollah Hajkarim , Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich , Laura Tolos

Neutron stars provide a natural laboratory for studying the properties of dense nuclear matter under extreme conditions. In this proceeding, we review our current understanding of dense isospin symmetric and asymmetric matter and neutron…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-04-01 Rajesh Kumar , Veronica Dexheimer , Johannes Jahan

The hypothesis that neutrons might decay into dark matter is explored using neutron stars as a testing ground. It is found that in order to obtain stars with masses at the upper end of those observed, the dark matter must experience a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-10-26 Wasif Husain , Theo F. Motta , Anthony W. Thomas

We argue that observations of old neutron stars can impose constraints on dark matter candidates even with very small elastic or inelastic cross section, and self-annihilation cross section. We find that old neutron stars close to the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 Chris Kouvaris , Peter Tinyakov

Neutron stars represent unique laboratories, offering insights into the physics of supranuclear-density matter and serving as potential hosts for dark matter. This study explores the impact of dark matter cores on rapidly rotating neutron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-03 Andreas Konstantinou

Using the relativistic mean-field model, we calculate the properties of binary neutron star (BNS) in the in-spiral phase. Assuming the dark matter (DM) particles are accreted inside the neutron star (NS) due to its enormous gravitational…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-13 H. C. Das , Ankit Kumar , S. K. Patra

It was pointed out in a recent paper that the observed cooling rate of old, cold neutron stars (NS) can provide an upper limit on the transition rate of neutron to mirror neutron ($n-n'$). This limit is so stringent that it would preclude…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-08-09 Itzhak Goldman , Rabindra N. Mohapatra , Shmuel Nussinov , Yongchao Zhang

We consider the effect of density dependent dark matter on the neutron star mass, radius, and tidal deformability. Nuclear matter (normal matter) as well as the fermionic dark matter sector is considered in a mean field model. We adopt the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-11-04 Arpan Das , Tuhin Malik , Alekha C. Nayak

Modelled searches for gravitational waves emitted by compact binary coalescences currently filter the data with template signals that ignore all effects related to the physics of dense-matter in neutron stars interiors, even when the masses…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-30 Lorenzo Piccari , Francesco Pannarale

Neutron stars contain matter in one of the densest forms found in the Universe. This feature, together with the unprecedented progress in observational astrophysics, makes such stars superb astrophysical laboratories for a broad range of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Weber , R. Negreiros , P. Rosenfield

Neutron stars can accumulate asymmetric dark matter (ADM) in their interiors, which affects the neutron star's measurable properties and makes compact objects prime targets to search for ADM. In this work, we use Bayesian inference to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-05 Nathan Rutherford , Geert Raaijmakers , Chanda Prescod-Weinstein , Anna Watts

The historic first detection of the binary neutron star merger GW170817 by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration has set a limit on the gravitational deformability of neutron stars. In contrast, radio observations of PSR J0740+6620 find a very…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-15 Brendan Reed , C. J. Horowitz