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most citedDark matter and the first stars: a new phase of stellar evolution

231 citations · 434 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

astro-ph.CO200923 cited

High Energy Neutrinos As A Test of Leptophilic Dark Matter

Douglas Spolyar, Matthew Buckley, Katherine Freese +2

Recently, observations by PAMELA, the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope, and other cosmic ray experiments have generated a great deal of interest in dark matter (DM) particles which…

astro-ph.CO200960 cited

Compatibility of DAMA/LIBRA dark matter detection with other searches in light of new Galactic rotation velocity measurements

Christopher Savage, Katherine Freese, Paolo Gondolo +1

The DAMA/NaI and DAMA/LIBRA annual modulation data, which may be interpreted as a signal for the existence of weakly interacting dark matter (WIMPs) in our galactic halo, are re-ex…

astro-ph200816 cited

Implications of primordial black holes on the first stars and the origin of the super--massive black holes

Cosimo Bambi, Douglas Spolyar, Alexander D. Dolgov +2

If the cosmological dark matter has a component made of small primordial black holes, they may have a significant impact on the physics of the first stars and on the subsequent for…

astro-ph20081 cited

Dark Stars: Dark Matter in the First Stars leads to a New Phase of Stellar Evolution

Katherine Freese, Douglas Spolyar, Anthony Aguirre +4

The first phase of stellar evolution in the history of the universe may be Dark Stars, powered by dark matter heating rather than by fusion. Weakly interacting massive particles, w…

astro-ph200866 cited

Dark Matter Capture in the First Stars: a Power Source and Limit on Stellar Mass

Katherine Freese, Douglas Spolyar, Anthony Aguirre

The annihilation of weakly interacting massive particles can provide an important heat source for the first (Pop. III) stars, potentially leading to a new phase of stellar evolutio…

astro-ph200718 cited

The Effect of Dark Matter on the First Stars: A New Phase of Stellar Evolution

Katherine Freese, Paolo Gondolo, Douglas Spolyar

Dark matter (DM) in protostellar halos can dramatically alter the current theoretical framework for the formation of the first stars. Heat from supersymmetric DM annihilation can o…