Published July 1, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Capture and indirect detection of inelastic dark matter

  • 1. Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics (MCTP), Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 (United States)
  • 2. Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, Department of Physics, New York University, New York, New York 10003 (United States)

Description

We compute the capture rate for dark matter in the Sun for models where the dominant interaction with nuclei is inelastic--the dark matter up-scatters to a nearby dark ''partner'' state with a small splitting of the order of 100 keV. Such models have been shown to be compatible with DAMA/LIBRA data, as well as data from all other direct detection experiments. The kinematics of inelastic dark matter ensures that the dominant contribution to capture occurs from scattering off of iron. We give a prediction for neutrino rates for current and future neutrino telescopes based on the results from current direct detection experiments. Current bounds from Super-Kamiokande and IceCube-22 significantly constrain these models, assuming annihilations are into two-body standard model final states, such as W+W-, tt, bb, or τ+τ-. Annihilations into first and second generation quarks and leptons are generally allowed, as are annihilations into new force carriers which decay dominantly into e+e-, μ+μ-, and π+π-.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
82
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 015011-015011.12
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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