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| Type: | Journal article |
| Title: | Implications of neutron star properties for the existence of light dark matter |
| Author: | Motta, T. Guichon, P. Thomas, A. |
| Citation: | Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 2018; 45(5):05LT01-1-05LT01-5 |
| Publisher: | IOP Publishing |
| Issue Date: | 2018 |
| ISSN: | 0954-3899 1361-6471 |
| Statement of Responsibility: | T F Motta, P A M Guichon, and A W Thomas |
| Abstract: | It was recently suggested that the discrepancy between two methods of measuring the lifetime of the neutron may be a result of an unseen decay mode into a dark matter particle which is almost degenerate with the neutron. We explore the consequences of this for the properties of neutron stars, finding that their known properties are in conflict with the existence of such a particle. |
| Keywords: | Dark matter; neutron star; equation of state of dense matter |
| Description: | Letter. Published 6 April 2018 |
| Rights: | © 2018 IOP Publishing Ltd |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1361-6471/aab689 |
| Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/CE1101004 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103164 |
| Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6471/aab689 |
| Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 8 Physics publications |
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