Uranus's anomalously low excess heat constrains strongly interacting dark matter
| dc.creator | Mitra, Saibal | |
| dc.date | 2004-08-18 | |
| dc.date | 2004-11-05 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:14:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:14:20Z | |
| dc.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 micro-barn 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 $10^{4}$ GeV. | |
| dc.description | 6 REVTeX pages, version accepted by PRD | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0408341 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0408341 | |
| dc.identifier | Phys.Rev. D70 (2004) 103517 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.70.103517 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/8071 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology | |
| dc.title | Uranus's anomalously low excess heat constrains strongly interacting dark matter | |
| dc.type | text |