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Autori principali: Issifu, Adamu, Thakur, Prashant, Karkevandi, Davood Rafiei, da Silva, Franciele M., Menezes, Débora P., Lim, Y., Frederico, Tobias
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.07567
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author Issifu, Adamu
Thakur, Prashant
Karkevandi, Davood Rafiei
da Silva, Franciele M.
Menezes, Débora P.
Lim, Y.
Frederico, Tobias
author_facet Issifu, Adamu
Thakur, Prashant
Karkevandi, Davood Rafiei
da Silva, Franciele M.
Menezes, Débora P.
Lim, Y.
Frederico, Tobias
contents Neutron stars (NSs) provide a unique laboratory to probe dark matter (DM) through its gravitational imprint on stellar evolution. We use a two-fluid framework with non-annihilating, asymmetric DM, both fermionic and bosonic, that interacts with ordinary matter (OM) solely through gravity. Within this framework, we track protoneutron stars (PNSs) across their thermal and compositional evolution via quasi-static modeling over the Kelvin--Helmholtz cooling timescale. We uncover a distinct thermal signature: DM cores deepen the gravitational potential, compressing and heating the baryonic matter, while extended DM halos provide external support, leading to cooling of the stellar matter. In contrast, hyperons and other exotic baryons soften the equation of state similarly to DM cores but reduce, rather than increase, the temperature. DM thus alters both temperature and particle distribution profiles in ways that provide a clear diagnostic of its presence. DM cores also enhance compactness and shift hyperon onset, with the strongest effects during deleptonization and neutrino-transparent phases due to reduced neutrino pressure contributions. Consequently, this early thermal evolution, observable through supernova neutrino light curves and young pulsar cooling curves, offers a direct, testable probe of DM in NSs.
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spellingShingle Dark Matter Heating in Evolving Proto-Neutron Stars: A Two-Fluid Approach
Issifu, Adamu
Thakur, Prashant
Karkevandi, Davood Rafiei
da Silva, Franciele M.
Menezes, Débora P.
Lim, Y.
Frederico, Tobias
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Neutron stars (NSs) provide a unique laboratory to probe dark matter (DM) through its gravitational imprint on stellar evolution. We use a two-fluid framework with non-annihilating, asymmetric DM, both fermionic and bosonic, that interacts with ordinary matter (OM) solely through gravity. Within this framework, we track protoneutron stars (PNSs) across their thermal and compositional evolution via quasi-static modeling over the Kelvin--Helmholtz cooling timescale. We uncover a distinct thermal signature: DM cores deepen the gravitational potential, compressing and heating the baryonic matter, while extended DM halos provide external support, leading to cooling of the stellar matter. In contrast, hyperons and other exotic baryons soften the equation of state similarly to DM cores but reduce, rather than increase, the temperature. DM thus alters both temperature and particle distribution profiles in ways that provide a clear diagnostic of its presence. DM cores also enhance compactness and shift hyperon onset, with the strongest effects during deleptonization and neutrino-transparent phases due to reduced neutrino pressure contributions. Consequently, this early thermal evolution, observable through supernova neutrino light curves and young pulsar cooling curves, offers a direct, testable probe of DM in NSs.
title Dark Matter Heating in Evolving Proto-Neutron Stars: A Two-Fluid Approach
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.07567