11–12 Dec 2018
Center for Astrophysics and Gravitation, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon
Europe/Lisbon timezone

Trojan Horse mechanism of dark matter inside neutron stars

11 Dec 2018, 15:20
40m
Anfiteatro Abreu Faro (Center for Astrophysics and Gravitation, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon)

Anfiteatro Abreu Faro

Center for Astrophysics and Gravitation, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon

Av. Rovisco Pais 1 1049-001 Lisboa, PORTUGAL

Speaker

M. Ángeles Pérez-García (University of Salamanca and IUFFyM)

Description

In this talk I will present recent progress on the study of dark matter models where gravitationally captured dark matter can self-annihilate inside a dense star (neutron star) and subsequently produce changes in the microscopic matter conditions. Depending on selected dark candidate
mass and interaction cross-section to nucleons this fact could lead to a new mechanism to form even denser stars.

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