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-.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.82.015011;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0905.1847v2;
Publishing Information
- 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
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 42003228
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANNIHILATION; CAPTURE; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRON-POSITRON INTERACTIONS; INELASTIC SCATTERING; KEV RANGE 100-1000; MUONS MINUS; MUONS PLUS; NEUTRINOS; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PAIR PRODUCTION; PARTICLE DECAY; PIONS MINUS; PIONS PLUS; QUARKS; STANDARD MODEL; SUN
- Descriptors DEC
- ANTILEPTONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTIPARTICLES; BOSONS; CURRENTS; DECAY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; HADRONS; INTERACTIONS; KEV RANGE; LEPTON-LEPTON INTERACTIONS; LEPTONS; MAIN SEQUENCE STARS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATTER; MESONS; MUONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PIONS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SCATTERING; SIMULATION; STARS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
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- Notes
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