Speaker
Dr
Jordi Casanellas
(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute))
Description
Low-mass asymmetric dark matter (DM) particles are appealing DM candidates that are not detectable with most indirect DM searches. However, these particles may efficiently accumulate in the core of low-mass stars, reducing their central temperatures and inhibiting the formation of small convective cores in 1.1-1.3 M$_{\odot}$ stars, thus leaving a characteristic signature in the low-degree modes of the stellar oscillations. Here I will present the first asteroseismic constraints to the properties of these DM particles, obtained comparing the oscillations of Alpha Cen B with modified stellar models. To conclude, I will discuss the prospects of using this approach with targets of the Kepler mission such as red giants and stars with detected convective cores.
Primary author
Dr
Jordi Casanellas
(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute))
