Published January 2019
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Journal article
Sterile neutrino Dark Matter
- 1. Universiteit Leiden - Instituut Lorentz for Theoretical Physics, P.O. Box 9506, NL-2300 RA Leiden (Netherlands)
- 2. Excellence Cluster Universe, Boltzmannstr. 2, D-85748, Garching (Germany)
- 3. Centre for Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve B-1348 (Belgium)
- 4. AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/IRFU, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris Cedex 13 (France)
- 5. Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching (Germany)
- 6. Institute for Advance Study, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching (Germany)
- 7. Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Centre de Saclay, DRF/IRFU, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
- 8. Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut), Foehringer Ring 6, 80805 München (Germany)
- 9. Discovery Center, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen University, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen (Denmark)
Description
We review sterile neutrinos as possible Dark Matter candidates. After a short summary on the role of neutrinos in cosmology and particle physics, we give a comprehensive overview of the current status of the research on sterile neutrino Dark Matter. First we discuss the motivation and limits obtained through astrophysical observations. Second, we review different mechanisms of how sterile neutrino Dark Matter could have been produced in the early universe. Finally, we outline a selection of future laboratory searches for keV-scale sterile neutrinos, highlighting their experimental challenges and discovery potential.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ppnp.2018.07.004Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ppnp.2018.07.004;
- PII
- S0146641018300711;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics
- Journal Volume
- 104
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1-45
- ISSN
- 0146-6410
- CODEN
- PPNPDB
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 55020006
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ASTROPHYSICS; COSMOLOGY; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; STERILE NEUTRINOS; UNIVERSE
- Descriptors DEC
- ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATTER; NEUTRINOS; PHYSICS; POSTULATED PARTICLES
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.