3 papers
astro-ph.HE2025
Seeking the nearest neutron stars using a new local electron density map
Joseph Bramante, Katherine Mack, Nirmal Raj +2
Neutron stars provide a compelling testing ground for gravity, nuclear dynamics, and physics beyond the Standard Model, and so it will be useful to locate the neutron stars nearest…
hep-ph2024
Loosely Bound Composite Dark Matter
Javier F. Acevedo, Yilda Boukhtouchen, Joseph Bramante +3
We investigate loosely bound composite states made of dark matter, where the binding energy for constituent particles is less than the constituent mass. We focus on models of nucle…
hep-ph2024
Neutrino and Gamma-Ray Signatures of Inelastic Dark Matter Annihilating outside Neutron Stars
Javier F. Acevedo, Joseph Bramante, Qinrui Liu +1
We present a new inelastic dark matter search: neutron stars in dark matter-rich environments capture inelastic dark matter which, for interstate mass splittings between about $45…