Dark Matter capture and annihilation on the First Stars: preliminary estimates

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2008-02-07

arxiv.org/abs/0802.0941v3

Astrophys.J.677:L1-L4,2008

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

One table (with data for actual ZAMS metal-free stars) added with respect to published version

Scientific paper

10.1086/587959

Assuming that Dark Matter is dominated by WIMPs, it accretes by gravitational attraction and scattering over baryonic material and annihilates inside celestial objects, giving rise to a "Dark Luminosity" which may potentially affect the evolution of stars. We estimate the Dark Luminosity achieved by different kinds of stars in a halo with DM properties characteristic of the ones where the first star formation episode occurs. We find that either massive, metal-free and small, galactic-like stars can achieve Dark Luminosities comparable or exceeding their nuclear ones. This might have dramatic effects over the evolution of the very first stars, known as Population III.

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