Neutron to Dark Matter Decay in Neutron Stars
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neutrondarkdecaymatterparticleastro-physicalcomponentconcerning
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Recent proposals have suggested that a previously unknown decay mode of the neutron into a dark matter particle could solve the long lasting measurement problem of the neutron decay width. We show that, if the dark particle in neutron decay is the major component of the dark matter in the universe, this proposal is in disagreement with modern astro-physical data concerning neutron star masses.
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