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Neutrino point source searches for dark matter spikes
KTH, Centres, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics NORDITA. Stockholm Univ, Oskar Klein Ctr Cosmoparticle Phys, Dept Phys, AlbaNova, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.;Univ Texas, Dept Phys, Austin, TX 78722 USA..ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9490-020X
Stockholm Univ, Oskar Klein Ctr Cosmoparticle Phys, Dept Phys, AlbaNova, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden..
Univ Utah, Dept Phys & Astron, Salt Lake City, UT 84102 USA..
Stockholm Univ, Oskar Klein Ctr Cosmoparticle Phys, Dept Phys, AlbaNova, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.;Scuola Int Super Studi Avanzati SISSA, via Bonomea 265, I-34136 Trieste, Italy.;INFN, Sez Trieste, Via Valerio 2, I-34127 Trieste, Italy.;Inst Fundamental Phys Universe IFPU, Via Beirut 2, I-34151 Trieste, Italy..
2022 (English)In: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, E-ISSN 1475-7516, Vol. 2022, no 08, p. 065-, article id 065Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Any dark matter spikes surrounding black holes in our Galaxy are sites of signif-icant dark matter annihilation, leading to a potentially detectable neutrino signal. In this paper we examine 10 - 105M (R) black holes associated with dark matter spikes that formed in early minihalos and still exist in our Milky Way Galaxy today, in light of neutrino data from the ANTARES [1] and IceCube [2] detectors. In various regions of the sky, we determine the minimum distance away from the solar system that a dark matter spike must be in order to have not been detected as a neutrino point source for a variety of representative dark matter annihilation channels. Given these constraints on the distribution of dark matter spikes in the Galaxy, we place significant limits on the formation of the first generation of stars in early minihalos - stronger than previous limits from gamma-ray searches in Fermi Gamma -Ray Space Telescope data. The larger black holes considered in this paper may arise as the remnants of Dark Stars after the dark matter fuel is exhausted; thus neutrino observations may be used to constrain the properties of Dark Stars. The limits are particularly strong for heavier WIMPs. For WIMP masses ti 5 TeV, we show that & LE; 10% of minihalos can host first stars that collapse into BHs larger than 103M (R).

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IOP Publishing , 2022. Vol. 2022, no 08, p. 065-, article id 065
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dark matter theory, neutrino detectors, first stars, massive black holes
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Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-321050DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2022/08/065ISI: 000864093400010Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85138154166OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-321050DiVA, id: diva2:1708546
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Available from: 2022-11-04 Created: 2022-11-04 Last updated: 2023-09-25Bibliographically approved

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