weakly interacting massive particles

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf

Dark matter may be the death of Milky Way - space - 25 February 2007 - New Scientist Space

"So predict Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who have studied a class of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that are prime candidates for dark matter."
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11247-dark-matter-may-be-the-death-of-milky-way.html

Assuming  ≈ 10−2, and M ≈ 100GeV, one finds
v ≈  m
M2
× 10−26cm3 sec−1 (3)
Taking as a fiducial estimate the average galactic density 0 ≈ 1GeV/cm3 (and assuming that m ≈ M ≈ 100GeV),
we find an annihilation time
tA ≈ 1011 n
n0
t0
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0702/0702333.pdf