%0 Generic %1 Kouvaris2010 %A Kouvaris, Chris %A Tinyakov, Peter %D 2010 %K Dark Matter Neutron Stars %T Can Neutron stars constrain Dark Matter? %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1004.0586 %X We argue that observations of old neutron stars can impose constraints on dark matter candidates even with very small elastic or inelastic cross section, and self-annihilation cross section. We find that old neutron stars close to the galactic center or in globular clusters can maintain a surface temperature that could in principle be detected. Due to their compactness, neutron stars can acrete WIMPs efficiently even if the WIMP-to-nucleon cross section obeys the current limits from direct dark matter searches, and therefore they could constrain a wide range of dark matter candidates.

@misc{Kouvaris2010, abstract = { We argue that observations of old neutron stars can impose constraints on dark matter candidates even with very small elastic or inelastic cross section, and self-annihilation cross section. We find that old neutron stars close to the galactic center or in globular clusters can maintain a surface temperature that could in principle be detected. Due to their compactness, neutron stars can acrete WIMPs efficiently even if the WIMP-to-nucleon cross section obeys the current limits from direct dark matter searches, and therefore they could constrain a wide range of dark matter candidates. }, added-at = {2010-04-06T11:02:58.000+0200}, author = {Kouvaris, Chris and Tinyakov, Peter}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b71f209f173d7ab01bd5de92e1729758/ad4}, description = {Can Neutron stars constrain Dark Matter?}, interhash = {c71dc74859c7429273f224246fefeef6}, intrahash = {b71f209f173d7ab01bd5de92e1729758}, keywords = {Dark Matter Neutron Stars}, note = {cite arxiv:1004.0586 Comment: 20 pages, 5 figures}, timestamp = {2010-04-06T11:02:58.000+0200}, title = {Can Neutron stars constrain Dark Matter?}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1004.0586}, year = 2010 }