Kavli Affiliate: Peter W. Graham
| First 5 Authors: Peter W. Graham, Harikrishnan Ramani, , ,
| Summary:
We place limits on dark matter made up of compact objects significantly
heavier than a solar mass, such as MACHOs or primordial black holes (PBHs). In
galaxies, the gas of such objects is generally hotter than the gas of stars and
will thus heat the gas of stars even through purely gravitational interactions.
Ultrafaint dwarf galaxies (UFDs) maximize this effect. Observations of the
half-light radius in UFDs thus place limits on MACHO dark matter. We build upon
previous constraints with an improved heating rate calculation including both
direct and tidal heating, and consideration of the heavier mass range above
$10^4 , M_odot$. Additionally we find that MACHOs may lose energy and migrate
in to the center of the UFD, increasing the heat transfer to the stars. UFDs
can constrain MACHO dark matter with masses between about $10 M_odot$ and
$10^8 M_odot$ and these are the strongest constraints over most of this range.
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