Strongly Interacting Dark Matter admixed Neutron Stars

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Main Authors: Dengler, Yannick, Kulkarni, Suchita, Maas, Axel, Radl, Kevin
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Published: 2025
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author Dengler, Yannick
Kulkarni, Suchita
Maas, Axel
Radl, Kevin
author_facet Dengler, Yannick
Kulkarni, Suchita
Maas, Axel
Radl, Kevin
contents Dark matter may accumulate in neutron stars given its gravitational interaction and abundance. We investigate the influence of strongly-interacting dark matter, described by a QCD-like one-flavor $G_2$ gauge theory, on neutron stars. This choice allows to test, for the first time, a first-principles-determined non-Abelian dark matter equation of state, which supports composite fermionic dark matter and thus a Fermi-pressure-stabilized dark matter component. The ordinary matter part of the mixed star is described by available model-agnostic equations of state that interpolate between the low-density regime and high-density regime. We find that strongly-interacting dark matter has a similar impact on neutron stars as other model equation of states and confirm that strongly-interacting dark matter can be accommodated by constraints from neutron star observations within our uncertainties.
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spellingShingle Strongly Interacting Dark Matter admixed Neutron Stars
Dengler, Yannick
Kulkarni, Suchita
Maas, Axel
Radl, Kevin
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Nuclear Theory
Dark matter may accumulate in neutron stars given its gravitational interaction and abundance. We investigate the influence of strongly-interacting dark matter, described by a QCD-like one-flavor $G_2$ gauge theory, on neutron stars. This choice allows to test, for the first time, a first-principles-determined non-Abelian dark matter equation of state, which supports composite fermionic dark matter and thus a Fermi-pressure-stabilized dark matter component. The ordinary matter part of the mixed star is described by available model-agnostic equations of state that interpolate between the low-density regime and high-density regime. We find that strongly-interacting dark matter has a similar impact on neutron stars as other model equation of states and confirm that strongly-interacting dark matter can be accommodated by constraints from neutron star observations within our uncertainties.
title Strongly Interacting Dark Matter admixed Neutron Stars
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.19691