Annihilations of superheavy dark matter in superdense clumps
Creators
- 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.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.103530;
- arXiv
- arXiv:1002.3445v2;
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
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2010 The American Physical Society