http://arxiv.org/abs/1904.13060
We show that the pulsar mass depends on the environment, and that it decreases going towards the center of the Milky Way due to dark matter capture by those stars. This can be used as a probe for the existence and nature of dark matter. We thus propose that the evolution of the pulsar mass in a dark matter rich environment can be used to put constraints, when combined with future experiments, on the characteristics of our Galaxy halo dark matter profile, on the dark matter particle mass and on the dark matter self-interaction strength.
A. Popolo, M. Deliyergiyev, M. Delliou, et. al.
Wed, 1 May 19
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Comments: 8pp 2figs
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