Dark matter annihilation at the galactic center

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1999-06-24

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9906391v1

Phys.Rev.Lett. 83 (1999) 1719-1722

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.1719

If cold dark matter is present at the galactic center, as in current models of the dark halo, it is accreted by the central black hole into a dense spike. Particle dark matter then annihilates strongly inside the spike, making it a compact source of photons, electrons, positrons, protons, antiprotons, and neutrinos. The spike luminosity depends on the density profile of the inner halo: halos with finite cores have unnoticeable spikes, while halos with inner cusps may have spikes so bright that the absence of a detected neutrino signal from the galactic center already places interesting upper limits on the density slope of the inner halo. Future neutrino telescopes observing the galactic center could probe the inner structure of the dark halo, or indirectly find the nature of dark matter.

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