Speaker
Bridget Bertoni
(U)
Description
There have been many experimental efforts to constrain the dark matter - nucleon cross section as a function of dark matter mass. By considering black hole formation in neutron stars due to dark matter accretion, one can constrain dark matter parameter space that is inaccessible to current direct detection experiments. We have studied how Pauli blocking, kinematic constraints, and superfluidity and superconductivity in the neutron star affect dark matter interactions inside the star. Our results show that previously calculated dark matter thermalization times need to be altered.
Primary author
Bridget Bertoni
(U)
Co-authors
Ann Nelson
(University of Washington)
Sanjay Reddy
(U)
