Constraints on light dark matter from single-photon decays of heavy quarkonium

Fernandez, Nicolas; Seong, Ilsoo; Stengel, Patrick

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.93.054023

Title: Constraints on light dark matter from single-photon decays of heavy quarkonium

Journal Article · Fri Mar 11 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Physical Review D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.054023· OSTI ID:1598643

Fernandez, Nicolas ^[1]; Seong, Ilsoo ^[2]; Stengel, Patrick ^[2]

Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States)
Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States)

In this work, we investigate constraints on the interactions of light dark matter with Standard Model quarks in a framework with effective contact operators mediating the decay of heavy flavor bound state quarkonium to dark matter and a photon. When considered in combination with decays to purely invisible final states, constraints from heavy quarkonium decays at high intensity electron-positron colliders can complement missing energy searches at high energy colliders and provide sensitivity to dark matter masses difficult to probe at direct and indirect detection experiments. We calculate the approximate limits on the branching fraction for Υ(1S) decays to dark matter and a photon. Given the approximate limits on the branching fractions for all dimension 6 or lower contact operators, we present the corresponding limits on the interaction strength for each operator and the inferred limits on dark matter-nucleon scattering. Lastly, complementary constraints on dark matter annihilation from gamma-ray searches from dwarf spheroidal galaxies are also considered

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010504

OSTI ID:: 1598643

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1242574

Journal Information:: Physical Review D, Vol. 93, Issue 5; ISSN 2470-0010

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Country of Publication:: United States

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