Published April 15, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Remnants of dark matter clumps

  • 1. Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 2. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi (AQ) (Italy)

Description

What happened to the central cores of tidally destructed dark matter clumps in the Galactic halo? We calculate the probability of surviving of the remnants of dark matter clumps in the Galaxy by modelling the tidal destruction of the small-scale clumps. It is demonstrated that a substantial fraction of clump remnants may survive through the tidal destruction during the lifetime of the Galaxy if the radius of a core is rather small. The resulting mass spectrum of surviving clumps is extended down to the mass of the core of the cosmologically produced clumps with a minimal mass. Since the annihilation signal is dominated by the dense part of the core, destruction of the outer part of the clump affects the annihilation rate relatively weakly and the survived dense remnants of tidally destructed clumps provide a large contribution to the annihilation signal in the Galaxy. The uncertainties in the minimal clump mass resulting from the uncertainties in neutralino models are discussed.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
77
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 083519-083519.14
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41001343
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ANNIHILATION; COSMOLOGY; GALAXIES; GALAXY CLUSTERS; GRAVITATION; LIFETIME; MASS; MASS SPECTRA; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION
Descriptors DEC
INTERACTIONS; MATTER; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; SPECTRA

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