Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-04-23
Phys.Atom.Nucl.73:593-603,2010
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Latex, revtex, 24 pages, 1 figure, references updated and added
Scientific paper
10.1134/S1063778810040034
A few remarks on Dark Matter (DM) models are presented. An example is Mirror Matter which is the oldest but still viable DM candidate, perhaps not in the purest form. It can serve as a test-bench for other analogous DM models, since the properties of macroscopic objects are quite firmly fixed for Mirror Matter. A pedagogical derivation of virial theorem is given and it is pointed out that concepts of virial velocity or virial temperature are misleading for some cases. It is shown that the limits on self-interaction cross-sections derived from observations of colliding clusters of galaxies are not real limits for individual particles if they form macroscopic bodies. The effect of the heating of interstellar medium by Mirror Matter compact stars is very weak but may be observable. The effect of neutron star heating by accretion of M-baryons may be negligible. Problems of MACHOs as Mirror Matter stars are touched upon.
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