Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: We study the effect of WIMP annihilation on the temperature of a neutron star. We shall argue that the released energy due to WIMP annihilation inside the neutron stars might affect the temperature of stars older than $10\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{6}\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{\text{years}}$, flattening out the temperature at $\ensuremath{\sim}{10}^{4}\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{K}$ for a typical neutron star.
Author: Chris Kouvaris
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2138374709