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Autori principali: Bhalla, Badal, Ireland, Aurora, Liu, Hongwan, Xiao, Huangyu, Xu, Tao
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.00169
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author Bhalla, Badal
Ireland, Aurora
Liu, Hongwan
Xiao, Huangyu
Xu, Tao
author_facet Bhalla, Badal
Ireland, Aurora
Liu, Hongwan
Xiao, Huangyu
Xu, Tao
contents The temperature of baryons at the end of the cosmic dark ages can be inferred from observations of the 21-cm hyperfine transition in neutral hydrogen. Any energy injection from the dark sector can therefore be detected through these measurements. Dark compact objects and dark-matter substructures can modify the baryon temperature by transferring heat via dynamical friction. In this work, we evaluate the prospects for detecting dynamical friction-induced heating from dark compact objects with a mass in the range $10^2 M_{\odot}$ to $10^5 M_{\odot}$, as well as from axion minihalos, using upcoming 21-cm experiments. We find that both the 21-cm global signal and power-spectrum measurements will be sensitive to dark compact objects that constitute about 10% of the dark matter, and will substantially improve our sensitivity to axion-like particles with masses in the range $10^{-18}$ eV to $10^{-9}$ eV.
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spellingShingle Dynamical Heating from Dark Compact Objects and Axion Minihalos: Implications for the 21-cm Signal
Bhalla, Badal
Ireland, Aurora
Liu, Hongwan
Xiao, Huangyu
Xu, Tao
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
The temperature of baryons at the end of the cosmic dark ages can be inferred from observations of the 21-cm hyperfine transition in neutral hydrogen. Any energy injection from the dark sector can therefore be detected through these measurements. Dark compact objects and dark-matter substructures can modify the baryon temperature by transferring heat via dynamical friction. In this work, we evaluate the prospects for detecting dynamical friction-induced heating from dark compact objects with a mass in the range $10^2 M_{\odot}$ to $10^5 M_{\odot}$, as well as from axion minihalos, using upcoming 21-cm experiments. We find that both the 21-cm global signal and power-spectrum measurements will be sensitive to dark compact objects that constitute about 10% of the dark matter, and will substantially improve our sensitivity to axion-like particles with masses in the range $10^{-18}$ eV to $10^{-9}$ eV.
title Dynamical Heating from Dark Compact Objects and Axion Minihalos: Implications for the 21-cm Signal
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.00169