The Cherenkov Radiation in the Galaxy’s Halo of Dark Matter

Leonid M. Chechin

V. G. Fessenkov Astrophysical Institute, Almaty, Kamenskoye Plato, National Centre for the Space Researches and Technology, National Space Agency, Republic of Kazakhstan.

DOI: 10.4236/ijaa.2013.33034                

Abstract

The effect of light refraction in a galaxy’s halo of dark matter, described by profiles of Navarro-Frenk-White and Burkert, was considered. Powers of the Cherenkov radiation for the refractive indexes of gravitational fields with these profiles were calculated. It was shown that correspondent radiation temperature in the X-rays diapason have the magnitude about T~10^-6K . It was also marked that its detection may be the criteria on choosing the preferable dark matter density distribution in a galaxy.

Keywords

Dark Matter Profile; The Cherenkov Radiation

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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