Metastable Neutron Stars as Transient-Rate Detectors of Heavy Dark Matter

arXiv:2609.30335 · hep-ph, astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-09-24 · Read on arXiv

hep-ph, astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-09-24

Updated: 2026-09-24

Terminology

• Benchmark — 26× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Core — 12× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Phase Transition — 6× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Phase Transitions — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abundance — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Velocity Dispersion — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Microlensing — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Standard Model — 1× in this paper

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