2 papers
hep-ph2020
Dark Matter, Destroyer of Worlds: Neutrino, Thermal, and Existential Signatures from Black Holes in the Sun and Earth
Javier F. Acevedo, Joseph Bramante, Alan Goodman +2
Dark matter can be captured by celestial objects and accumulate at their centers, forming a core of dark matter that can collapse to a small black hole, provided that the annihilat…
hep-ph2019
Terrestrial and Martian Heat Flow Limits on Dark Matter
Joseph Bramante, Andrew Buchanan, Alan Goodman +1
If dark matter is efficiently captured by a planet, energy released in its annihilation can exceed that planet's total heat output. Building on prior work, we treat Earth's composi…