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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

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 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

The distribution of the dark matter (DM) in DM-admixed-neutron stars (DANSs) is supposed to be either a dense dark core or an extended dark halo, which is subject to the DM fraction of DANS ($f_{\chi}$) and the DM properties, such as the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-07 Zhiqiang Miao , Yaofeng Zhu , Ang Li , Feng Huang

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

The concept of boson stars (BSs) was first introduced by Kaup and Ruffini-Bonazzola in the 1960s. Following this idea, we investigate an effect of self-interacting asymmetric bosonic dark matter (DM) according to Colpi et al. model for BSs…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-08 Davood Rafiei Karkevandi , Soroush Shakeri , Violetta Sagun , Oleksii Ivanytskyi

{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

Dark matter (DM) continues to evade direct detection, but neutron stars (NSs) serve as natural laboratories where even a modest DM component can alter their structure. While many studies have examined DM effects on NSs, they often rely on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-20 Xue-Zhi Liu , Premachand Mahapatra , Chun Huang , Ayush Hazarika , Chiranjeeb Singha , Prasanta Kumar Das

In this study, we investigate the impact of dark matter (DM) on neutron stars (NSs) using a two-fluid formalism that treats nuclear matter (NM) and DM as gravitationally coupled components. Employing NM equations of state spanning a wide…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-13 Ankit Kumar , Sudhakantha Girmohanta , Hajime Sotani

This research studies the intricate interplay between dark and baryonic matter within hybrid neutron stars enriched by anisotropic bosonic dark matter halos. Our modelling, guided by the equation of state with a free parameter, reveals…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-01 Zakary Buras-Stubbs , Ilídio Lopes

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

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

Light bosonic dark matter can form gravitationally bound states known as boson stars. In this work, we explore a new signature of these objects interacting with the interstellar medium (ISM). We show how small effective couplings between…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-01-04 Javier F. Acevedo , Amit Bhoonah , Joseph Bramante

It is conceivable that a bosonic dark matter (DM) with non-gravitational interactions with SM particles will be accumulated at the center of a neutron star (NS) and can lead to black hole formation. In contrast to previous works with a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-12-24 Koushik Dutta , Deep Ghosh , Biswarup Mukhopadhyaya

The high densities of neutron stars (NSs) could provide astrophysical locations for dark matter (DM) to accumulate. Depending on the DM model, these DM admixed NSs (DANSs) could have significantly different properties than pure baryonic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-30 Shafayat Shawqi , Sharon M. Morsink

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

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

Neutron Stars (NSs), among the densest objects in the Universe, are exceptional laboratories for investigating Dark Matter (DM) properties. Recent theoretical and observational developments have heightened interest in exploring the impact…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-21 Francesco Grippa , Gaetano Lambiase , Tanmay Kumar Poddar

Dark matter (DM) may be captured around a neutron star (NS) through DM-nucleon interactions. We observe that the enhancement of such capturing is particularly significant when the DM velocity and/or momentum transfer depend on the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-04-11 Chih-Ting Lu , Arvind Kumar Mishra , Lei Wu

The effect of dark matter (DM) on $f$-mode oscillations in DM admixed neutron stars (NSs) is investigated in a comprehensive analysis with particular attention to the role of the nuclear equation of state. Hadronic matter is modeled by the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-23 Swarnim Shirke , Bikram Keshari Pradhan , Debarati Chatterjee , Laura Sagunski , Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich
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