Electroweak lights from Dark Matter annihilations
Creators
- 1. Institut de Théorie des Phénomenès Physiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)
Description
The energy spectra of Standard Model particles originated from Dark Matter annihilations can be significantly altered by the inclusion of electroweak gauge boson radiation from the final state. A situation where this effect is particularly important is when a Majorana Dark Matter particle annihilates into two light fermions. This process is in p-wave and hence suppressed by the small value of the relative velocity of the annihilating particles. The inclusion of electroweak radiation eludes this suppression and opens up a potentially sizeable s-wave contribution to the annihilation cross section. I will discuss the impact of this effect on the fluxes of stable particles resulting from the Dark Matter annihilations, which are relevant for Dark Matter indirect searches.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/375/1/012046Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 375
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- [4 p.]
- ISSN
- 1742-6596
Conference
- Title
- 12. international conference on topics in astroparticle and underground physics
- Acronym
- TAUP 2011
- Dates
- 5-9 Sep 2011
- Place
- Munich (Germany)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 43103884
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ANNIHILATION; CROSS SECTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; ENERGY SPECTRA; FERMIONS; INTERMEDIATE BOSONS; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; P WAVES; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; S WAVES; STANDARD MODEL; VISIBLE RADIATION; WEAK INTERACTIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- BASIC INTERACTIONS; BOSONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATTER; PARTIAL WAVES; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RADIATIONS; SPECTRA; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS