Constraint on particle mass of dark matter based on XTE J1814-338 observation and DANS model
Abstract
The small observed radius of neutron star XTE J1814-338 (with mass of 1.21−0.05+0.05 M⊙ and radius of 7−0.4+0.4 km) poses a great challenge to the traditional neutron star model composed of normal nuclear matter. The dark matter admixed neutron star (DANS) model provides a clue to solve this challenge. By employing the self-interacting fermionic dark matter model, we investigate the effects of dark matter parameters including the particle mass, self-interaction strength, and mass fraction of dark matter on the properties of DANSs. Our results indicate that the joint constraints from the observation of XTE J1814-338 and the astrophysical limits on the dark matter self-interaction cross section derived from observations of different colliding galaxy clusters can provide effective constraints on the particle mass of dark matter. Specifically, to simultaneously satisfy the small radius of XTE J1814-338 and the self-interaction limit, the particle mass of self-interacting fermionic dark matter is constrained to the range from sub-GeV to a few GeV.
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BibTeX
@misc{wang2026constraint,
title = {{Constraint on particle mass of dark matter based on XTE J1814-338 observation and DANS model}},
author = {Lin Wang and Dehua Wen},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.19672},
eprint = {2610.19672},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.19672},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Constraint on particle mass of dark matter based on XTE J1814-338 observation and DANS model
AU - Lin Wang
AU - Dehua Wen
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/14
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.19672
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.19672
AB - The small observed radius of neutron star XTE J1814-338 (with mass of 1.21_−0.05^+0.05 M_⊙ and radius of 7_−0.4^+0.4 km) poses a great challenge to the traditional neutron star model composed of normal nuclear matter. The dark matter admixed neutron star (DANS) model provides a clue to solve this challenge. By employing the self-interacting fermionic dark matter model, we investigate the effects of dark matter parameters including the particle mass, self-interaction strength, and mass fraction of dark matter on the properties of DANSs. Our results indicate that the joint constraints from the observation of XTE J1814-338 and the astrophysical limits on the dark matter self-interaction cross section derived from observations of different colliding galaxy clusters can provide effective constraints on the particle mass of dark matter. Specifically, to simultaneously satisfy the small radius of XTE J1814-338 and the self-interaction limit, the particle mass of self-interacting fermionic dark matter is constrained to the range from sub-GeV to a few GeV.
ER -