Hidden fermion as milli-charged dark matter in Stueckelberg Z' model
Creators
- 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
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Italy
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 38081477
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANNIHILATION; CERN LHC; CHARGED PARTICLES; COUPLING; DRELL MODEL; FERMIONS; GAMMA RADIATION; MONOCHROMATIC RADIATION; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PARTICLE DECAY; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; PARTICLE WIDTHS; PHOTONS; Z NEUTRAL BOSONS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; BOSONS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; DECAY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; INTERACTIONS; INTERMEDIATE BOSONS; INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATTER; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; RADIATIONS; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS