Published October 10, 2016
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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/17555Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- Journal Volume
- 2016
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Journal Page Range
- p. 12
- ISSN
- 1475-7516
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 48016410
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANNIHILATION; BOUND STATE; ELECTRONS; ENERGY SPECTRA; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PARTICLE DECAY; PHOTONS; POSITRONIUM; POSITRONS; SOLAR PARTICLES; STANDARD MODEL; SUN
- Descriptors DEC
- ANTILEPTONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTIPARTICLES; BOSONS; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; INTERACTIONS; LEPTONS; MAIN SEQUENCE STARS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATTER; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RADIATIONS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRA; STARS; STELLAR RADIATION; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
Optional Information
- Notes
- PUBLISHER-ID: JCAP10(2016)012; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:17555
- Funding organization
- SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)