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核星团中暗物质燃烧的特征

Signatures of dark matter burning in nuclear star clusters

Jordi Casanellas, Ilídio Lopes

摘要:

为了描述恒星内部的暗物质(DM)湮灭如何改变星团的面貌,我们计算了具有不同特征的DM晕中0.7 - 3.5 M太阳的恒星直到He燃烧点燃的演化。我们发现,当一个星团被密集的DM晕包围时,星团恒星在H-R图中的位置比在没有DM的经典场景中有一个更亮更热的转折点,因此给了星团一个更年轻的外观。产生这些效应所需的高DM密度预计只在非常特定的位置,例如我们银河系的中心附近。特别是,如果DM是由最近被用来调和直接探测实验结果的8 GeV WIMP形成的,那么这个特征可以预测为密度rho_DM = 3 \cdot 10^5 GeV cm ^3的DM晕。星团内部的DM密度梯度将导致更广泛的主序星区、关闭区和红巨星分支区。此外,我们发现,非常高的DM晕密度的底部的等时线在H-R图上升到更高的光度,导致一个特征的签名上的星团。我们认为,这个签名可以用来间接探测DM粒子在集群的位置的存在。

英文摘要:

In order to characterize how dark matter (DM) annihilation inside stars changes the aspect of a stellar cluster we computed the evolution until the ignition of the He burning of stars from 0.7 to 3.5 M_sun within halos of DM with different characteristics. We found that, when a cluster is surrounded by a dense DM halo, the positions of the cluster' stars in the H-R diagram have a brighter and hotter turn-off point than in the classical scenario without DM, therefore giving the cluster a younger appearance. The high DM densities required to produce these effects are expected only in very specific locations, such as near the center of our Galaxy. In particular, if DM is formed by the 8 GeV WIMPs recently invoked to reconcile the results from direct detection experiments, then this signature is predicted for halos of DM with a density rho_DM = 3 \cdot 10^5 GeV cm^3. A DM density gradient inside the stellar cluster would result in a broader main sequence, turn-off and red giant branch regions. Moreover, we found that for very high DM halo densities the bottom of the isochrones in the H-R diagram rises to higher luminosities, leading to a characteristic signature on the stellar cluster. We argue that this signature could be used to indirectly probe the presence of DM particles in the location of a cluster.

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