Dark Matter Particle Flux in a Dynamically Self-consistent Milky Way Model

We extend a recently developed dynamically self-consistent model of the Milky Way constrained by observations from the Gaia observatory to include a radially anisotropic component in the dark matter (DM) halo, which represents the debris from the accreted Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus (GSE) galaxy. In the...

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Main Authors: Lucijana Stanic, Mark Eberlein, Stanislav Linchakovskyy, Christopher Magnoli, Maryna Mesiura, Luca Morf, Prasenjit Saha, Eugene Vasiliev
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Language:English
Published: Maynooth Academic Publishing 2025-05-01
Series:The Open Journal of Astrophysics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.138098
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author Lucijana Stanic
Mark Eberlein
Stanislav Linchakovskyy
Christopher Magnoli
Maryna Mesiura
Luca Morf
Prasenjit Saha
Eugene Vasiliev
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Mark Eberlein
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description We extend a recently developed dynamically self-consistent model of the Milky Way constrained by observations from the Gaia observatory to include a radially anisotropic component in the dark matter (DM) halo, which represents the debris from the accreted Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus (GSE) galaxy. In the new model, which we call a self-consistent Anisotropic Halo Model or scAHM, we derive distribution functions for DM velocity in heliocentric and geocentric reference frames. We compare them with the velocity distributions in the standard halo model (SHM) and another anisotropic model (SHM++). We compute predicted scattering rates in direct-detection experiments, for different target nuclei and DM particle masses. Seasonal dependencies of scattering rates are analyzed, revealing small but interesting variations in detection rates for different target nuclei and DM masses. Our findings show that the velocity distribution of the anisotropic GSE component significantly deviates from Gaussian, showing a modest impact on the detection rates. The peculiar kinematic signature of the radially anisotropic component would be most clearly observable by direction-sensitive detectors.
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spelling doaj-art-eb7304689ede458ba72b5b67e8a943902025-08-20T03:33:17ZengMaynooth Academic PublishingThe Open Journal of Astrophysics2565-61202025-05-01810.33232/001c.138098Dark Matter Particle Flux in a Dynamically Self-consistent Milky Way ModelLucijana StanicMark EberleinStanislav LinchakovskyyChristopher MagnoliMaryna MesiuraLuca MorfPrasenjit SahaEugene VasilievWe extend a recently developed dynamically self-consistent model of the Milky Way constrained by observations from the Gaia observatory to include a radially anisotropic component in the dark matter (DM) halo, which represents the debris from the accreted Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus (GSE) galaxy. In the new model, which we call a self-consistent Anisotropic Halo Model or scAHM, we derive distribution functions for DM velocity in heliocentric and geocentric reference frames. We compare them with the velocity distributions in the standard halo model (SHM) and another anisotropic model (SHM++). We compute predicted scattering rates in direct-detection experiments, for different target nuclei and DM particle masses. Seasonal dependencies of scattering rates are analyzed, revealing small but interesting variations in detection rates for different target nuclei and DM masses. Our findings show that the velocity distribution of the anisotropic GSE component significantly deviates from Gaussian, showing a modest impact on the detection rates. The peculiar kinematic signature of the radially anisotropic component would be most clearly observable by direction-sensitive detectors.https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.138098
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Dark Matter Particle Flux in a Dynamically Self-consistent Milky Way Model
The Open Journal of Astrophysics
title Dark Matter Particle Flux in a Dynamically Self-consistent Milky Way Model
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url https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.138098
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