Inhomogeneous seeding of quark bubbles in Neutron Stars

TL;DR

This paper explores how Majorana dark matter could induce inhomogeneous quark bubble formation in neutron stars, potentially affecting their properties and detection methods.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of dark matter-induced bubble nucleation in neutron stars, linking dark matter physics with astrophysical phenomena.

Findings

Dark matter may cause inhomogeneous quark bubble nucleation in neutron stars.

Bubble nucleation could serve as an indirect detection method for dark matter.

Implications for neutron star evolution and dark matter detection strategies.

Abstract

In this proceedings contribution we briefly discuss about the consequences of the presence of Majorana dark matter in a dense neutron star environment focusing on a particularly interesting possible indirect effect, namely that of bubble nucleation. This is somewhat similar to current techniques developed for direct detection using bubble chamber or superheated droplet detectors.