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Title: Nambu--Goldstone Dark Matter and Cosmic Ray Electron and Positron Excess

Journal Article · · JHEP 0904:087,2009

We propose a model of dark matter identified with a pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone boson in the dynamical supersymmetry breaking sector in a gauge mediation scenario. The dark matter particles annihilate via a below-threshold narrow resonance into a pair of R-axions each of which subsequently decays into a pair of light leptons. The Breit-Wigner enhancement explains the excess electron and positron fluxes reported in the recent cosmic ray experiments PAMELA, ATIC and PPB-BETS without postulating an overdensity in halo, and the limit on anti-proton flux from PAMELA is naturally evaded.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
957434
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-13546; PRVDAQ; arXiv:0902.2914; TRN: US1000589
Journal Information:
JHEP 0904:087,2009, Journal Name: JHEP 0904:087,2009; ISSN 1550-7998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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