Red-giant branch stellar cores as macroscopic dark matter detectors
C Dessert, Z Johnson - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
We show that macroscopic dark matter (DM) impacts on the degenerate helium cores of red-
giant branch (RGB) stars can ignite helium fusion via DM-baryon elastic scattering. The …
giant branch (RGB) stars can ignite helium fusion via DM-baryon elastic scattering. The …
Galactic center G objects as dust-enshrouded stars near the supermassive black hole
M Zajaček, M Pikhartová, F Peissker - arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.00304, 2024 - arxiv.org
In this contribution, we revisit the model of a dust-enshrouded star orbiting a low-luminosity
galactic nucleus (Zajacek et al. 2014, 2016, 2017). Although it is quite challenging for dust to …
galactic nucleus (Zajacek et al. 2014, 2016, 2017). Although it is quite challenging for dust to …
Indirect Searches for Physics Beyond the Standard Model
C Dessert - 2022 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
Despite the overwhelming success of the Standard Model of particle physics, there are
several outstanding issues, perhaps most notably the lack of a dark matter candidate. In this …
several outstanding issues, perhaps most notably the lack of a dark matter candidate. In this …