Speaker
Mehrdad Phoroutan-Mehr
(University of California, Riverside (UCR))
Description
Exoplanets have the potential to capture dark matter, and, if captured in significant amounts, this dark matter may form a black hole within an exoplanet’s core. Such processes could lead to notable heating effects or even the destruction of the exoplanet.
Author
Mehrdad Phoroutan-Mehr
(University of California, Riverside (UCR))
Co-author
Hai-Bo Yu
(University of California Riverside)
