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For the first time, we analyze the impact of dark matter (DM) on the curvature properties of quarkyonic neutron stars (NS) using a hybrid model based on quarkyonic-effective field theory within the relativistic mean-field (E-RMF) framework.…

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We investigate the impact of dark matter on neutron star properties using the relativistic mean-field theory. By incorporating the dark matter model, we explore how dark matter parameters, specifically dark matter mass and Fermi momentum,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-29 Ankit Kumar , Hajime Sotani

We study the impact of symmetry energy ($S$), hyperons, and dark matter (DM) on structural and oscillatory properties of neutron stars (NSs). Uncertainty from hadronic equation of state for NSs is considered with 15 relativistic mean field…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-05-15 Debashree Sen , Atanu Guha , Chang Ho Hyun

Dark matter admixed neutron stars (DANSs) serve as a specific astrophysical laboratory for probing the features of dark matter (DM) and have emerged as a promising candidate for interpreting recent astrophysical observations (e.g., by NICER…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-30 Jing Fu Hu , Hang Lu , Bao Yuan Sun

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 consider gravitationally bound states of asymmetric dark matter (ADM stars), and the impact of ADM capture on the stability of neutron stars. We derive and interpret the equation of state for ADM with both attractive and repulsive…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-17 Moira I. Gresham , Kathryn M. Zurek

We study the dark matter effects on the nuclear matter parameters characterising the equation of states of super dense neutron-rich nucleonic-matter. The observables of the nuclear matter, i.e. incompressibility, symmetry energy and its…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-11-29 H. C. Das , Ankit Kumar , Bharat Kumar , S. K. Biswal , Takashi Nakatsukasa , Ang Li , S. K. Patra

We study the effects of dark matter on the properties of hybrid neutron stars, in particular the influence on the mass-radius relation, the value of the maximum mass, and the hadron-quark phase transition. To single out the equilibrium…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-02-16 Jin-Biao Wei , G. Wu , H. Chen , G. F. Burgio , H. -J. Schulze

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 investigate how simultaneous mass and radius measurements of massive neutron stars (NSs) can help constrain properties of dark matter (DM) possibly admixed in them. Within a fermionic DM model that interacts only through gravitation,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-07 Nai-Bo Zhang , Bao-An Li , Jia-Yu Zhang , Wei-Na Shen , Hui Zhang

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

It is believed that dark matter (DM) could accumulate inside neutron stars and significantly change their masses, radii and tidal properties. We study what effect bosonic dark matter, modelled as a massive and self-interacting scalar or…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-08-24 Cédric Jockel

We conduct a systematic investigation of the influence of the nuclear symmetry energy on the proposed neutron decay into dark matter particles within the cores of neutron stars. Unlike the majority of previous studies that considered only…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-09-01 M. Divaris , Ch. C. Moustakidis

Recent gravitational-wave (GW) observations offer a unique opportunity to probe the fundamental nature of compact objects. A growing body of research has focused on exploring the role of dark matter (DM) through the concept of DM-admixed…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-18 Rafael M. Santos , Rafael C. Nunes , Jaziel G. Coelho , Jose C. N. de Araujo

Dark matter admixed neutron stars provide a promising avenue for observationally probing the dark matter characteristic. In this study, we examine non-radial oscillations in neutron stars containing self-interacting dark matter, which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-24 Hajime Sotani , Ankit Kumar

Due to the dense environment, neutron stars (NSs) can serve as an ideal laboratory for studying the interactions between dark matter (DM) and ordinary matter. In the process of DM capture, deep inelastic scattering may dominate over elastic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-09-11 Liangliang Su , Lei Wu , Meiwen Yang

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

A comprehensive investigation of nonradial oscillations in neutron star (NS) admixed with gravitationally bounded dark matter (DM) is carried out within the framework of full general relativity. The relativistic mean field (RMF) formalism…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-11-05 Pinku Routaray

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

In this work we investigate the tidal deformability of a neutron star admixed with dark matter, modeled as a massive, self-interacting, complex scalar field. We derive the equations to compute the tidal deformability of the full…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-25 Robin Fynn Diedrichs , Niklas Becker , Cédric Jockel , Jan-Erik Christian , Laura Sagunski , Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich