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Asymmetric dark matter and the Sun
Cold dark matter particles with an intrinsic matter-antimatter asymmetry do not annihilate after gravitational capture by the Sun and can affect its interior structure. The rate of capture is exponentially enhanced when such particles have self-interactions of the right order to explain structure fo...
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Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Lenguaje: | eng |
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Phys. Rev. Lett.
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.011301 http://cds.cern.ch/record/1255127 |
Sumario: | Cold dark matter particles with an intrinsic matter-antimatter asymmetry do not annihilate after gravitational capture by the Sun and can affect its interior structure. The rate of capture is exponentially enhanced when such particles have self-interactions of the right order to explain structure formation on galactic scales. A `dark baryon' of mass 5-10 GeV is a natural candidate and has the required relic abundance if its asymmetry is similar to that of ordinary baryons. We show that such particles can solve the `solar composition problem'. The predicted small decrease in the low energy neutrino fluxes can possibly be measured by the forthcoming SNO+ experiment. |
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