Speaker
Mr
Mehrdad Phoroutan-Mehr
(University of California, Riverside (UCR))
Description
Our research focuses on studying the heating mechanism of neutron stars through the capture of inelastic dark matter. Due to the high density of neutron stars, infalling dark matter particles are accelerated to relativistic speeds. To analyze the scattering between ultra-relativistic targets in the neutron star and quasi-relativistic infalling dark matter, we employ relativistic kinematics. This approach enables us to impose strong constraints that were previously unattainable through direct detection and collider searches. Furthermore, we derive an analytic equation for the maximum mass splitting between two species of dark matter
Primary author
Mr
Mehrdad Phoroutan-Mehr
(University of California, Riverside (UCR))
Co-authors
Mr
Aniket Joglekar
(Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati)
Mr
Gerardo Alvarez
(University of California, Riverside (UCR))
Mr
Hai-Bo Yu
(University of California, Riverside (UCR))
