Published March 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Hidden fermion as milli-charged dark matter in Stueckelberg Z' model

  • 1. Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan and Physics Division, National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Hsinchu, Taiwan (China)

Description

We augment the hidden Stueckelberg Z' model by a pair of Dirac fermions in the hidden sector, in which the Z' has a coupling strength comparable to weak scale coupling. We show that this hidden fermion-antifermion pair could be a milli-charged dark matter candidate with a viable relic density. Existing terrestrial and astrophysical searches on milli-charged particles do not place severe constraints on this hidden fermion. We calculate the flux of monochromatic photons coming from the Galactic center due to pair annihilation of these milli-charged particles and show that it is within reach of the next generation γ-ray experiments. The characteristic signature of this theoretical endeavor is that the Stueckelberg Z' boson has a large invisible width decaying into the hidden fermion-antifermion pair. We show that existing Drell-Yan data do not constrain this model yet. Various channels of singly production of this Z' boson at the LHC and ILC are explored

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
3
Journal Issue
2007
Journal Page Range
p. 120
ISSN
1126-6708