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Implications of Inelastic Dark Matter for Primordial Dark-Star Evolution: Kinematic Thresholds and Nonthermal Capture

Qinxun Li, Shengyi Liu

Published
September 9, 2026
Identifier
arXiv:2609.10662

Why it is here

Recasts a high-recoil inelastic interpretation as a distinctive dark-star capture and heating problem.

Machine-assisted summary

Using event-motivated endothermic and Higgsino benchmarks, the authors show that capture in primordial dark stars begins at a compactness threshold and stalls in an extended, nonthermal orbital reservoir rather than feeding a thermal annihilation core.

primordial dark starsnonthermal captureHiggsino benchmarkannihilation heating

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