Published May 15, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Annihilations of superheavy dark matter in superdense clumps

  • 1. Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Center for Astroparticle Physics at LNGS (CFA), I-67010 Assergi (Italy)
  • 3. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi (AQ) (Italy)
  • 4. Institutt for Fysikk, NTNU Trondheim, N-7491 Trondheim (Norway)

Description

Superheavy dark matter (SHDM) exchanges energy with its environment much slower than particles with masses close to the electroweak scale and has therefore different small-scale clustering properties. Using the neutralino as candidate for the SHDM, we find that free-streaming allows the formation of DM clumps of all masses down to ∼260mχ in the case of bino. If small-scale clumps evolve from a nonstandard, spiky spectrum of perturbations, DM clumps may form during the radiation-dominated era. These clumps are not destroyed by tidal interactions and can be extremely dense. In the case of a bino, a 'gravithermal catastrophe' can develop in the central part of the most dense clumps, increasing further the central density and thus the annihilation signal. In the case of a Higgsino, the annihilation signal is enhanced by the Sommerfeld effect. As a result annihilations of superheavy neutralinos in dense clumps may lead to observable fluxes of annihilation products in the form of ultrahigh energy particles, for both cases, Higgsinos and binos, as lightest supersymmetric particles.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 103530-103530.9
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42002878
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ANNIHILATION; DENSITY; DISTURBANCES; MASS; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PERTURBATION THEORY; SPARTICLES; SPECTRA
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; INTERACTIONS; MATTER; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POSTULATED PARTICLES

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