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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

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 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 neutralino dark matter at the Galactic center (GC) would be greatly enhanced if the dark matter were strongly clustered around the supermassive black hole (SBH). The existence of a dark-matter "spike" is made…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 David Merritt

Dark matter particles in the galactic halo can scatter off particles in celestial bodies such as stars or planets, lose energy and become gravitationally trapped. In this process, an accumulation of dark matter in the center of celestial…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-21 Giovanni Renzi

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 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

The astronomical dark matter is an essential component of the Universe and yet its nature is still unresolved. It could be made of neutral and massive elementary particles which are their own antimatter partners. These dark matter species…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Pierre Salati

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

Dark matter is the dominant form of matter in the universe, but its nature is unknown. It is plausibly an elementary particle, perhaps the lightest supersymmetric partner of known particle species. In this case, annihilation of dark matter…

Dark matter particles may be captured by a star and then thermalized in the star's core. At the end of its life a massive star collapses suddenly and a compact object is formed. The dark matter particles redistribute accordingly. In the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Rui-Zhi Yang , Yi-Zhong Fan , Roni Waldman , Jin Chang

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

The annihilation of neutralino dark matter may result in observable signals in different wavelength. In the present paper we will discuss the effect of neutralino annihilation in the halo of our Galaxy and in its center. According to high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-09 Roberto Aloisio

Dark matter can be captured by celestial objects and accumulate at their centers, forming a core of dark matter that can collapse to a small black hole, provided that the annihilation rate is small or zero. If the nascent black hole is big…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-05-13 Javier F. Acevedo , Joseph Bramante , Alan Goodman , Joachim Kopp , Toby Opferkuch

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

We examine whether the accretion of dark matter onto neutron stars could ever have any visible external effects. Captured dark matter which subsequently annihilates will heat the neutron stars, although it seems the effect will be too small…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-03-14 Arnaud de Lavallaz , Malcolm Fairbairn

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

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

Any dark matter spikes surrounding black holes in our Galaxy are sites of significant dark matter annihilation, leading to a potentially detectable neutrino signal. In this paper we examine $10-10^5 M_\odot$ black holes associated with dark…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-12 Katherine Freese , Irina Galstyan , Pearl Sandick , Patrick Stengel
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