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A new frontier in the search for dark matter (DM) is based on the idea of detecting the decoherence caused by DM scattering against a mesoscopic superposition of normal matter. Such superpositions are uniquely sensitive to very small…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-02 C. Jess Riedel , Itay Yavin

We explain both the observation of dark matter by the seasonal variation of the DAMA-LIBRA data and the observation of ``electron recoil'' events at Xenon1T by the SAME dark matter model. This DM is bubbles of a new type of vacuum…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-11-23 C. D. Froggatt , H. B. Nielsen

White dwarfs (WD) with main-sequence (MS) companions are crucial probes of stellar evolution. However, due to the significant difference in their luminosities, the WD is often outshined by the MS star. The aim of this work is to find hidden…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-03 Xabier Pérez-Couto , Minia Manteiga , Eva Villaver

Mass bounds on dark matter (DM) candidates are obtained for particles decoupling in or out of equilibrium with {\bf arbitrary} isotropic and homogeneous distribution functions. A coarse grained Liouville invariant primordial phase space…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 D. Boyanovsky , H. J. de Vega , N. Sanchez

Dark matter constitutes roughly one-fourth of the Universe, yet its physical nature remains unknown. Warm dark matter (WDM), a class of dark matter candidates, has non-negligible velocity dispersion that suppresses the formation of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-27 Yao Zhang , Paulo Montero-Camacho , Catalina Morales-Gutiérrez , Heyang Long , Christopher M. Hirata , Yi Mao

In this thesis, we investigate various possibilities of Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) dark matter (DM) and their implications. These possibilities are important because they challenge the viability of WIMP DM in light of tight…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-03-04 Shivam Gola

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

Dark matter self-interactions have important implications for the distributions of dark matter in the Universe, from dwarf galaxies to galaxy clusters. We present benchmark models that illustrate characteristic features of dark matter that…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-10-25 Manoj Kaplinghat , Sean Tulin , Hai-Bo Yu

Given the importance of white dwarfs (WDs) in many fields of modern astrophysics, the precise knowledge of the actual degree of accuracy of the associated theoretical predictions is a primary task. In the first paper of a series dedicated…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. G. Prada Moroni , O. Straniero

Alternatives to the cold, collisionless dark matter (DM) paradigm in which DM behaves as a collisional fluid generically suppress small-scale structure. Herein we use the observed population of Milky Way (MW) satellite galaxies to constrain…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-18 Ethan O. Nadler , Vera Gluscevic , Kimberly K. Boddy , Risa H. Wechsler

We consider the growth of density perturbations in the presence of self--interacting dark matter, SIDM, proposed by Carlson, Machacek and Hall (1992). We determine the range of values for the coupling constant $\lambda$ and the particle…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-12 Andrew A. de Laix , Robert J. Scherrer , Robert K. Schaefer

We examine the correlation between physical quantities to explore the existence of dark matter (DM) in the Local Group dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs). In order to clarify whether DM exists in the dSphs we compare two extreme models of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 H. Hirashita , H. Kamaya , T. T. Takeuchi

The origin of magnetic fields in white dwarfs (WDs) remains mysterious. Magnetic WDs are traditionally associated with field strengths $\gtrsim1\,\mathrm{MG}$, set by the sensitivity of typical spectroscopic magnetic field measurements.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-30 Nicholas Z. Rui , Jim Fuller , J. J. Hermes

It has been proposed that the stellar cores observed in ultra-faint dwarf (UFD) galaxies reflect underlying dark matter (DM) cores that cannot be formed by stellar feedback acting on collisionless cold dark matter (CDM) halos. Assuming this…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-14 Jorge Sanchez Almeida

Progress in observational cosmology over the past five years has established that the Universe is dominated dynamically by dark matter and dark energy. Both these new and apparently independent forms of matter-energy have properties that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. M. Overduin , P. S. Wesson

Dark matter (DM) with self-interactions is a promising solution for the small-scale problems of the standard cosmological model. Here we perform the first cosmological simulation of frequent DM self-interactions, corresponding to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-07 Moritz S. Fischer , Marcus Brüggen , Kai Schmidt-Hoberg , Klaus Dolag , Felix Kahlhoefer , Antonio Ragagnin , Andrew Robertson

White dwarfs with infrared excess emission provide a window into the late stages of stellar evolution and the dynamics of circumstellar environments. Using data from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX), we…

The magnetism and rotation of white dwarf (WD) stars are investigated in relation to a hydromagnetic dynamo operating in the progenitor during shell burning phases. The downward pumping of angular momentum in the convective envelope, in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-19 Yevgeni Kissin , Christopher Thompson

The evidence for the existence of dark matter (DM) is compelling, yet its nature remains elusive. A minimal scenario involves DM interacting solely through gravity. However, the detection would be extremely challenging. In the early…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-04-22 Yong Xu

Understanding dark matter's elusive nature is crucial for the framework of particle physics and expanding the Standard Model. This analysis utilizes the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) gamma ray Observatory to indirectly search for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-14 A. Albert , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , A. Andrés , E. Anita-Rangel , M. Araya , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , D. Avila Rojas , H. A. Ayala Solares , R. Babu , P. Bangale , E. Belmont-Moreno , A. Bernal , K. S. Caballero-Mora , T. Capistrán , A. Carramiñana , F. Carreón , S. Casanova , A. L. Colmenero-Cesar , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , S. Coutiño de León , E. De la Fuente , C. de León , P. Desiati , N. Di Lalla , R. Diaz Hernandez , M. A. DuVernois , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , K. Engel , T. Ergin , C. Espinoza , N. Fraija , S. Fraija , A. Galván-Gámez , J. A. García-González , F. Garfias , N. Ghosh , A. Gonzalez Muñoz , M. M. González , J. A. González , J. A. Goodman , J. Gyeong , J. P. Harding , S. Hernández-Cadena , I. Herzog , D. Huang , F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla , P. Hüntemeyer , A. Iriarte , S. Kaufmann , D. Kieda , K. Leavitt , W. H. Lee , J. Lee , H. León Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis-Raya , C. Lundy , K. Malone , O. Martinez , J. Martínez-Castro , H. Martínez-Huerta , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , P. E. Mirón-Enriquez , J. A. Morales-Soto , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , M. Najafi , A. Nayerhoda , L. Nellen , M. U. Nisa , R. Noriega-Papaqui , N. Omodei , E. Ponce , Y. Pérez Araujo , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , C. D. Rho , A. Rodriguez Parra , D. Rosa-González , M. Roth , H. Salazar , D. Salazar-Gallegos , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , J. Serna-Franco , M. Shin , A. J. Smith , Y. Son , R. W. Springer , O. Tibolla , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , R. Torres-Escobedo , F. Ureña-Mena , E. Varela , L. Villaseñor , X. Wang , Z. Wang , I. J. Watson , H. Wu , S. Yu , X. Zhang , H. Zhou