Published November 15, 2004
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Journal article
Uranus's anomalously low excess heat constrains strongly interacting dark matter
Creators
- 1. Instituut voor Theoretische Fysica, Valckenierstraat 65, 1018 XE Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Description
Dark matter annihilations can generate significant amounts of internal heat inside planets if dark matter consists mainly of particles with nuclear cross sections in the microbarn range or larger (SIMPs). By considering a detailed model of Uranus's interior, we calculate upper limits on the S-wave annihilation cross section for these particles as a function of their mass. These upper limits, together with other experimental and theoretical constraints, rule out SIMPs with masses between 150 MeV and 104 GeV
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.70.103517;
- arXiv
- arXiv:astro-ph/0408341v3;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 70
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Journal Page Range
- p. 103517-103517.6
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 37013990
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANNIHILATION; CROSS SECTIONS; GEV RANGE; MEV RANGE; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PLANETS; REST MASS; S WAVES
- Descriptors DEC
- ENERGY RANGE; INTERACTIONS; MASS; MATTER; PARTIAL WAVES; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2004 The American Physical Society