Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006pan....69.2068b&link_type=abstract
Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Volume 69, Issue 12, pp.2068-2077
Physics
95.35. +D
Scientific paper
The awaited dark matter (DM) neutralino annihilation signal from the galactic halo crucially depends on the presence of small-scale clumps. A mass function of the DM small-scale clumps is calculated in the standard cosmological scenario. The final distribution of clumps in the Galaxy is influenced by their tidal destruction. The basic sources of clump destruction are (i) clumps of larger scales, (ii) the gravitational field of the galactic disk, (iii) the stars in the galactic bulge, and (iv) the stars in the galactic halo. The destruction of clumps due to their mutual tidal interactions is important at earl stages of hierarchical clustering and the galactic halo formation. The clumps surviving through the hierarchical clustering are continuously destroyed by interactions with the galactic disk and stars. It is shown that, among the Moon or Earth mass DM clumps surviving through the hierarchical clustering, only 20% will further survive near the Sun’s position mainly because of the tidal destruction by the galactic disk. This reduction of DM clump density significantly diminishes the expected DM annihilation signal from the galactic halo.
Berezinsky Veniamin S.
Dokuchaev Viacheslav I.
Eroshenko Yu. N.
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