Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-12-28
Int.J.Mod.Phys.D15:2059-2074,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Invited Contribution to the IJMPD Special Issue on Dark Matter and Dark Energy edited by D. Ahluwalia-Khalilova and D. Grumill
Scientific paper
10.1142/S0218271806009467
I elaborate on my prediction that an indirect detection of cold dark matter (CDM) may be possible by observing the gravitational lensing effects of the CDM cusp caustics at cosmological distances. Cusps in the distribution of CDM are plentiful once density perturbations enter the nonlinear regime of structure formation. Caustic ring model of galactic halo formation provides a well defined density profile and geometry near the cusps of the caustic rings. I calculate the gravitational lensing effects of the cusps in this model. As a pointlike background source passes behind a cusp of a cosmological foreground halo, the magnification in its image may be detected by present instruments. Depending on the strength of detected effect and the time scale of brightness change, it may even be possible to discriminate between the CDM candidates: axions and weakly interacting massive particles.
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