The Nature of Dark Matter

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Nov 2007

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ASTROPHYSICS AT ULTRA-HIGH ENERGIES. Proceedings of the 15th Course of the International School of Cosmic Ray Astrophysics . Hel

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Dark Matter, Sterile Neutrinos, Galaxies, Black Hole Physics

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Dark matter has been recognized as an essential part of matter for over 70 years now, and many suggestions have been made, what it could be. Most of these ideas have centered on Cold Dark Matter, particles that are expected in extensions of standard particle physics, such as supersymmetry. Here we explore the concept that dark matter is sterile neutrinos, a concept that is commonly referred to as Warm Dark Matter. Such particles have keV masses, and decay over a very long time, much longer than the Hubble time. In their decay they produce X-ray photons which modify the ionization balance in the early universe, increasing the fraction of molecular Hydrogen, and thus help early star formation. Sterile neutrinos may also help to understand the baryon-asymmetry, the pulsar kicks, the early growth of black holes, the minimum mass of dwarf spheroidal galaxies, as well as the shape of dark matter halos. As soon as all these tests have been quantitative in its various parameters, we may focus on the creation mechanism of these particles, and could predict the strength of the sharp X-ray emission line, expected from any large dark matter assembly. A measurement of this X-ray emission line would be definitive proof for the existence of may be called weakly interacting neutrinos, or WINs.

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