Exploring dark matter via observations of extreme astrophysical environments--defined here
as heavy compact objects such as white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes, as well as …

Due to their extreme density and low temperature, neutron stars (NS) are efficient probes to
unveil interactions between standard model and dark matter (DM) particles. From elastic …

Scattering interactions between dark matter and Standard Model states mediated by
pseudoscalars are generically challenging to uncover at direct detection experiments due to …

What if the dark matter-nucleon scattering cross section is too small to be detected by direct
detection experiments? It is well known in the literature that some interactions lead to dark …

Abstract Neutron Stars (NSs) are born as hot, lepton-rich objects that evolve according to the
standard paradigm through subsequent stages where they radiate the excess of energy by …

Recently observed pulsars with masses∼ 1.1 M⊙ challenge the conventional neutron star
(NS) formation path by core-collapse supernova (CCSN). Using spherically symmetric …

We consider self-annihilation of dark matter, χ, into metastable mediators, Y, and their
subsequent decay into photons inside white dwarfs. We focus on reactions of the type χ χ¯→ …

It is conceivable that a bosonic dark matter (DM) with non-gravitational interactions with SM
particles will be accumulated at the center of a neutron star (NS) and can lead to black hole …

We study the probability for nucleation of quark matter droplets in the dense cold cores of old
neutron stars induced by the presence of a self-annihilating dark matter component, χ. Using …

According to the classical view of globular clusters, stars inside globular clusters are evolved
from the same giant molecular cloud. Then their stars' chemical compositions must be the …