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We study the hydrostatic equilibrium configuration of an admixture of degenerate dark matter and normal nuclear matter by using a general relativistic two-fluid formalism. We consider non- self-annihilating dark matter particles of mass ~ 1…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-09 S. -C. Leung , M. -C. Chu , L. -M. Lin

Millisecond pulsars, representing the older neutron star population, are believed to have undergone a prolonged period of dark matter accumulation, resulting in a higher dark matter content. Their extreme rotation makes them unique…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-27 Lorenzo Cipriani , Edoardo Giangrandi , Violetta Sagun , Daniela D. Doneva , Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev

We investigate whether nearby white dwarfs (WDs) can constrain dark matter (DM) interactions with ordinary matter. As experimental sensitivity improves, driven by the Gaia mission, the sample volume of nearby WDs has been increasing over…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-28 Pooja Bhattacharjee , Sandra Robles , Stephan A. Meighen-Berger , Francesca Calore

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

In this work, we propose a novel scenario to probe the interactions between dark matter (DM) particles and electrons, via hydrogen-atmosphere pulsating white dwarfs (DAVs) in globular clusters. In this special configuration, the DM…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-05 Jia-Shu Niu , Tianjun Li , Weikai Zong , Hui-Fang Xue , Yang Wang

The ground state of matter may be strange quark matter (SQM), not hadronic matter. A whole sequence of SQM objects, ranging from strange quark stars and strange quark dwarfs to strange quark planets, can stably exist according to this SQM…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-04 Abdusattar Kurban , Yong-Feng Huang , Jin-Jun Geng , Hong-Shi Zong

Utilizing an equivparticle model with both linear confinement and leading-order perturbative interactions, we obtain systematically the properties of strangelets and nonstrange quark matter ($ud$QM) nuggets at various baryon ($A$) and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-10-01 Hao-Song You , Hao Sun , Hong-Bo Li , Cheng-Jun Xia , Ren-Xin Xu

Compact stellar objects are promising cosmic laboratories to test the nature of dark matter (DM). DM captured by the strong gravitational field of these stellar remnants transfers kinetic energy to the star during the collision. This can…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-07-07 Sandra Robles

We put constraints on the secondary component of GW190814 by analyzing the observational data of the event. The relativistic mean-field models are used to calculate the mass-radius profile and tidal deformability of the compact object,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-17 H. C. Das , Ankit Kumar , S. K. Patra

This paper gives an overview of the properties of all possible equilibrium sequences of compact strange-matter stars with nuclear crusts, which range from strange stars to strange dwarfs. In contrast to their non-strange counterparts,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Weber , Ch. Schaab , M. K. Weigel , N. K. Glendenning

Neutron stars could contain a mixture of ordinary nuclear matter and dark matter, such that dark matter could influence observable properties of the star, such as its mass and radius. We study these dark matter admixed neutron stars for two…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-11-09 Ben Kain

We investigated compact stars consisting of cold quark matter and fermionic dark matter treated as two admixed fluids. We computed the stellar structures and fundamental radial oscillation frequencies for different masses of the dark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-01-19 José C. Jiménez , Eduardo S. Fraga

We make use of the high photometric precision of Kepler to search for periodic modulations among 14 normal (DA- and DB-type, likely non-magnetic) hot white dwarfs (WDs). In five, and possibly up to seven of the WDs, we detect periodic, ~2…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Dan Maoz , Tsevi Mazeh , Amy McQuillan

We study energy transport by asymmetric dark matter in the interiors of very low-mass stars and brown dwarfs. Our motivation is to explore astrophysical signatures of asymmetric dark matter, which otherwise may not be amenable to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Andrew R. Zentner , Andrew P. Hearin

In our galaxy, the white dwarfs (WDs) will inevitably capture the dark matter (DM) particles streaming through them, if there exist interactions between DM particles and nuclei/electrons. At the same time, these DM particles can also be…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-01-18 Jia-Shu Niu , Hui-Fang Xue

We investigate the possible presence of dark matter (DM) in massive and rotating neutron stars (NSs). For the purpose we extend our previous work [1] to introduce a light new physics vector mediator besides a scalar one in order to ensure…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-09-22 Atanu Guha , Debashree Sen

We propose a novel and feasible method to detect dark matter (DM) electron interaction via pulsating white dwarfs (WDs) in the central region of globular clusters. Annihilation of the DM particles captured by those WDs can provide…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-03-30 Jia-Shu Niu , Weikai Zong , Hui-Fang Xue

The nature and properties of dark matter (DM) are both outstanding issues in physics. Besides clustering in halos, the universal character of gravity implies that self-gravitating compact DM configurations might be spread throughout the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-15 Caio F. B. Macedo , Paolo Pani , Vitor Cardoso , Luis C. B. Crispino

Phase resolved observations of planetary bodies allow us to understand the longitudinal and latitudinal variations that make each one unique. Rotational variations have been detected in several types of astronomical bodies beyond those of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-01 L. C. Mayorga , E. M. May , J. Lustig-Yaeger , S. E Moran

In the indirect dark matter (DM) detection framework, the DM particles would produce some signals by self-annihilating and creating standard model products such as gamma rays, which might be detected by ground-based telescopes. Dwarf…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-22 Celine Armand , Emmanuel Moulin , Vincent Poireau , Lucia Rinchiuso