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Uranus's anomalously low excess heat constrains strongly interacting dark matter

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arxiv astro-ph/0408341 v3 pith:P3Z2Q6FG submitted 2004-08-18 astro-ph hep-ph

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Dark matter annihilations can generate significant amounts of internal heat inside planets if dark matter consists mainly of particles with nuclear cross sections in the micro-barn range or larger (SIMPs). By considering a detailed model of Uranus's interior, we calculate upper limits on the S-wave annihilation cross section for these particles as a function of their mass. These upper limits, together with other experimental and theoretical constraints, rule out SIMPs with masses between 150 MeV and $10^{4}$ GeV.

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