Gamma ray line constraints on effective theories of dark matter

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2010.10.022zbMATH Open1207.83078arXiv1009.0008OpenAlexW2025777469MaRDI QIDQ632082FDOQ632082

Authors: Jessica Goodman, M. Ibe, Arvind Rajaraman, William Shepherd, Haibo Yu, Timothy M. P. Tait 

Publication date: 14 March 2011

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A monochromatic gamma ray line results when dark matter particles in the galactic halo annihilate to produce a two body final state which includes a photon. Such a signal is very distinctive from astrophysical backgrounds, and thus represents an incisive probe of theories of dark matter. We compare the recent null results of searches for gamma ray lines in the galactic center and other regions of the sky with the predictions of effective theories describing the interactions of dark matter particles with the Standard Model. We find that the null results of these searches provide constraints on the nature of dark matter interactions with ordinary matter which are complementary to constraints from other observables, and stronger than collider constraints in some cases.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.0008

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15)

Cites Work

• Generating Feynman diagrams and amplitudes with FeynArts 3
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Uses Software

• FeynArts

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