Dark Matter at the Galactic Center

Abstract

Particle dark matter near the galactic center is accreted by the central black hole into a dense spike, strongly enhancing its annihilation rate. Searching for its annihilation products may give us information on the presence or absence of a central cusp in the dark halo profile. We summarize our paper Phys Rev Lett 83, 1719 (1999), and use an updated limit on the neutrino emission from the galactic center.

Comments: 3 pages, 3 figures, TAUP99, Paris, France