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The annihilation rate of weakly interacting cold dark matter particles at the galactic center could be greatly enhanced by the growth of a density spike around the central supermassive black hole (SBH). Here we discuss the effects of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 David Merritt , Milos Milosavljevic , Licia Verde , Raul Jimenez

Annihilation radiation from supersymmetric particles at the Galactic center could be greatly enhanced if the dark matter density is peaked around the supermassive black hole. Arguments for and against the existence of density spikes are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 David Merritt

The past growth of the central black hole (BH) might have enhanced the density of cold dark matter halo particles at the Galactic center. We compute this effect in realistic growth models of the present (2-3)*10**6 solar mass BH from a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Piero Ullio , HongSheng Zhao , Marc Kamionkowski

Particle dark matter near the galactic center is accreted by the central black hole into a dense spike, strongly enhancing its annihilation rate. Searching for its annihilation products may give us information on the presence or absence of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Paolo Gondolo , Joseph Silk

The evolution of the dark matter distribution at the Galactic center is analyzed, which is caused by the combination of gravitational scattering on Galactic bulge stars and absorption by a supermassive black hole at the center of the bulge.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. I. Zelnikov , E. A. Vasiliev

If cold dark matter is present at the galactic center, as in current models of the dark halo, it is accreted by the central black hole into a dense spike. Particle dark matter then annihilates strongly inside the spike, making it a compact…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Paolo Gondolo , Joseph Silk

The evolution of dark matter in central areas of galaxies is considered (the Milky Way is taken as an example). It is driven by scattering off of dark matter particles by bulge stars, their absorption by the supermassive black hole and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Eugene Vasiliev , Maxim Zelnikov

We study annihilation radiation of neutralinos in the Galactic centre, assuming the existence of a 'spike' in the dark matter density profile, due to adiabatic accretion onto the massive black hole lying at the Galactic centre. Under this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Gianfranco Bertone , Guenter Sigl , Joseph Silk

At the cosmological stage of radiation dominance, dark matter density spikes should form around primordial black holes. In the case when dark matter particles are able to annihilate, the density in the central regions of the spikes…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-30 Yury N. Eroshenko

A massive black hole is present at the centre of our galaxy and inevitably accretes dark matter particles, creating a region of very high particle density. The annihilation rate is enhanced with a large number of e+e- pairs produced either…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-03 G. Bertone , G. Sigl , J. Silk

Annihilations of weakly interacting dark matter particles provide an important signature for the possibility of indirect detection of dark matter in galaxy halos. These self-annihilations can be greatly enhanced in the vicinity of a massive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 G. Bertone , G. Sigl , J. Silk

Dark matter halos can develop a density spike, e.g., around a galactic supermassive black hole, with the profile $\rho \propto r^{-\gamma_{\rm sp}}$ determined both by the galaxy's formation history and the microphysics of dark matter. We…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-08-07 Avinash Tiwari , Prolay Chanda , Shasvath J. Kapadia , Susmita Adhikari , Aditya Vijaykumar , Basudeb Dasgupta

In the past three decades, many stars orbiting about the supermassive black hole (SMBH) at the Galactic Centre (Sgr A*) were identified. Their orbital nature can give stringent constraints for the mass of the SMBH. In particular, the star…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-24 Man Ho Chan , Chak Man Lee , Chi Wai Yu

As the closest example of a galactic nucleus, the Galactic center presents an exquisite laboratory for learning about supermassive black holes (SMBH) and their environs. Detailed studies of stellar dynamics deep in the potential well of a…

We investigate the interaction of a massive globular cluster (GC) with a super massive black hole (SMBH), located at the centre of its host galaxy, by means of direct N-body simulations. The results show that tidal distortions induced by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-19 Manuel Arca-Sedda , Roberto Capuzzo-Dolcetta , Mario Spera

If the supermassive black hole (SMBH) at the center of our Galaxy grew adiabatically, then a dense "spike" of dark matter is expected to have formed around it. Assuming that dark matter is composed primarily of weakly interacting massive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Igor V. Moskalenko , Lawrence L. Wai

Dark matter annihilation is proportional to the square of the density and is especially efficient in places of highest concentration of dark matter, such as dark matter spikes. The spikes are formed as a result of contraction of the dark…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-27 Alexander Belikov , Joseph Silk

If the supermassive black hole Sgr A* at the center of the Milky Way grew adiabatically from an initial seed embedded in an NFW dark matter (DM) halo, then the DM profile near the hole has steepened into a spike. We calculate the dramatic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-10-15 Brian D. Fields , Stuart L. Shapiro , Jessie Shelton

The annihilation signal of particle dark matter can be strongly enhanced in over-dense regions such as close to the Galactic centre. We summarize some of our recent results on fluxes of gamma-rays, neutrinos and radio waves under different…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Guenter Sigl , Gianfranco Bertone

The accumulation of dark matter particles near the primordial black holes starts at the radiation-dominated cosmological stage and produces the central density spikes. The spikes can be the bright gamma-ray sources due to dark matter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-02 Yu. N. Eroshenko
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