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The presence of dark matter (DM) within neutron stars (NSs) can be introduced by different accumulation scenarios in which DM and baryonic matter (BM) may interact only through the gravitational force. In this work, we consider asymmetric…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-05 Davood Rafiei Karkevandi , Mahboubeh Shahrbaf , Soroush Shakeri , Stefan Typel

We investigate the influence of ideal Fermi gas dark matter on the observable properties of neutron stars (NSs). Our analysis considers dark matter (DM) particle masses ($\mu$) ranging from $0.2$ GeV to $1$ GeV and various DM mass fractions…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-24 Monmoy Molla , Masum Murshid , Mehedi Kalam

We study possible effects of a dark matter (DM) core on the maximum mass of a neutron star (NS), on the mass-radius relation and on the NS tidal deformability parameter $\Lambda$. We show that all these quantities would in general be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-20 John Ellis , Gert Hütsi , Kristjan Kannike , Luca Marzola , Martti Raidal , Ville Vaskonen

Dark matter (DM) remains one of the most significant open questions in modern physics, with its nature and interactions largely unexplored. In this study, we investigate the behavior of massive fermionic DM particles in the context of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-18 Jianyuan Luo , Dicong Liang , Lijing Shao

We study the effects of dark matter on the properties of neutron stars by employing a DM-admixed model. The Brueckner-Hartree-Fock theory with realistic three-body forces and a generic bosonic self-interacting dark matter model describe the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-10-23 Hong-Ming Liu , Jin-Biao Wei , Zeng-Hua Li , G. F. Burgio , H. -J. Schulze

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

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

We systematically study the observable properties of dark-matter admixed neutron stars, employing a realistic nuclear EOS in combination with self-interacting fermionic dark matter respecting constraints on the self-interaction cross…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-10-23 Hong-Ming Liu , Jin-Biao Wei , Zeng-Hua Li , G. F. Burgio , H. C. Das , H. -J. Schulze

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

Due to their extreme density and low temperature, neutron stars (NS) are efficient probes to unveil interactions between standard model and dark matter (DM) particles. From elastic scatterings on NS material, DM can get gravitationally…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-05-28 Raghuveer Garani , Yoann Genolini , Thomas Hambye

We explore the presence of self-interacting bosonic dark matter (DM) within neutron stars (NSs) in light of the latest multi-messenger observations of the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) and LIGO/Virgo detectors. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-05 Soroush Shakeri , Davood Rafiei Karkevandi

We perform a comparative Bayesian analysis of fermionic and bosonic dark matter admixed neutron stars (DMANS) by incorporating a comprehensive set of theoretical, experimental, and astrophysical constraints. The hadronic matter equation of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-06 Payaswinee Arvikar , Sakshi Gautam , Anagh Venneti , Sarmistha Banik

It is possible for asymmetric dark matter (ADM) to accumulate in neutron star interiors and affect their global properties. Considering the effects of this accumulation, neutron star mass-radius measurements can deliver new insights into…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-24 Nathan Rutherford , Chanda Prescod-Weinstein , Anna Watts

We studied the properties of dark matter admixed-neutron stars (DMANS), considering fermionic dark matter (DM) that interacts gravitationally with hadronic matter (HM). Using relativistic mean-field equations of state (EoSs) for both…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-17 Payaswinee Arvikar , Sakshi Gautam , Anagh Venneti , Sarmistha Banik

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

By assuming that only gravitation exists between dark matter (DM) and normal matter (NM), we study the effects of fermionic DM on the properties of neutron stars using the two-fluid Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff formalism. It is found that the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-20 Qian-Fei Xiang , Wei-Zhou Jiang , Dong-Rui Zhang , Rong-Yao Yang

Recent observational results for the masses and radii of some neutron stars are in contrast with typical observations and theoretical predictions for "normal" neutron stars. We propose that their unusual properties can be interpreted as the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-11-27 Paolo Ciarcelluti , Fredrik Sandin

The neutron star properties are generally determined by the equation of state of $\beta$-equilibrated dense matter. In this work, we consider the interaction of fermionic dark matter (DM) particles with the nucleons via Higgs exchange and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-19 H. C. Das , Ankit Kumar , Bharat Kumar , S. K. Patra

The presence of Dark matter (DM) within a neutron star (NS) can substantially influence the macroscopic properties. It is commonly assumed that the pressure inside an NS is isotropic, but in reality, pressure is locally anisotropic. This…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-12 Premachand Mahapatra , Chiranjeeb Singha , Ayush Hazarika , Prasanta Kumar Das

We investigate the effects of dark matter (DM) on the nuclear equation of state (EoS) and neutron star structure, in the relativistic mean field theory, both in the absence and presence of a crust. The $\sigma-\omega$ model is modified by…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-02-22 Adrian G. Abac , Christopher C. Bernido , Jose Perico H. Esguerra
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