Neutron stars at the dark matter direct detection frontier

Raj, Nirmal; Tanedo, Philip; Yu, Hai-Bo

doi:10.1103/physrevd.97.043006

Title: Neutron stars at the dark matter direct detection frontier

Journal Article · 09 February 2018 · Physical Review. D.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.97.043006 · OSTI ID:1420033

Raj, Nirmal ^[1]; Tanedo, Philip ^[2]; Yu, Hai-Bo ^[2]

Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States). Dept. of Physics
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

Neutron stars capture dark matter efficiently. The kinetic energy transferred during capture heats old neutron stars in the local galactic halo to temperatures detectable by upcoming infrared telescopes. We derive the sensitivity of this probe in the framework of effective operators. For dark matter heavier than a GeV, we find that neutron star heating can set limits on the effective operator cutoff that are orders of magnitude stronger than possible from terrestrial direct detection experiments in the case of spin-dependent and velocity-suppressed scattering.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States); University of Notre Dame, IN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0008541; PHY-1417118

OSTI ID:: 1420033

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1498887

Journal Information:: Physical Review. D., Vol. 97, Issue 4; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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