Dense DM clumps seeded by cosmic string loops and DM annihilation
- 1. Theory group, Gran Sasso National Laboratory of INFN, I-67010 Assergi (AQ) (Italy)
- 2. Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 70th October anniversary avenue, Moscow (Russian Federation)
Description
We develop a model of production of the very dense clumps of DM in RD epoch due to the accretion of DM on the loops of cosmic strings as the seeds. At some time the loops disappear, for example due to the gravitational radiation, and the remaining dense clumps produce the enhancement of the annihilation signal. We take into account the velocity distribution of the strings, and consider the two extreme regimes of DM annihilation: fast decay and continuous evaporation. The produced annihilation flux of gamma radiation is detectable, and for some parameters of DM particles and the strings can exceed the extragalactic flux of the gamma-radiation observed by Fermi. For the fixed parameters of DM particles (e.g. neutralino with fixed masses and cross-section of annihilation) one can obtain the limits on the basic string parameter, tension μ, which is stronger than (more general) limits obtained from WMAP observations, cosmological nucleosynthesis and gravitational lensing. In particular for the neutralino with 100 GeV mass we exclude the interval 5 × 10−10 < Gμ/c2 < 5.1 × 10−9
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2011/12/007Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- Journal Volume
- 2011
- Journal Issue
- 12
- Journal Page Range
- p. 007
- ISSN
- 1475-7516
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 45101506
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANNIHILATION; ASTROPHYSICS; COSMOLOGY; CROSS SECTIONS; GAMMA RADIATION; GEV RANGE; GRAVITATIONAL LENSES; GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION; MASS; NEUTRALINOS; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; STRING MODELS; VELOCITY
- Descriptors DEC
- COMPOSITE MODELS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; INTERACTIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LENSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; PHYSICS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUARK MODEL; RADIATIONS; SPARTICLES; SYNTHESIS