Published October 10, 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

The spectrum of darkonium in the Sun

  • 1. CP<sup>3</sup>-Origins, Centre for Cosmology and Particle Physics Phenomenology,University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense M, 5230 (Denmark)

Description

Dark matter that gets captured in the Sun may form positronium-like bound states if it self-interacts via light dark photons. In this case, dark matter can either annihilate to dark photons or recombine in bound states which subsequently also decay to dark photons. The fraction of the dark photons that leave the Sun without decaying to Standard Model particles have a characteristic energy spectrum which is a mixture of the direct annihilation process, the decays of ortho- and para- bound states and the recombination process. The ultimate decay of these dark photons to positron-electron pairs (via kinetic mixing) outside the Sun creates a distinct signal that can either identify or set strict constraints on dark photon models.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/10/012; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/17555

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2016
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 12
ISSN
1475-7516

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Notes
PUBLISHER-ID: JCAP10(2016)012; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:17555
Funding organization
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)