New limits on charged dark matter from large-scale coherent magnetic fields

Stebbins, Albert; Krnjaic, Gordan

doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2019/12/003

Title: New limits on charged dark matter from large-scale coherent magnetic fields

Journal Article · Mon Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2019/12/003· OSTI ID:1561542

Stebbins, Albert ^[1]; Krnjaic, Gordan ^[1]

Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Here, we study the interaction of an electrically charged component of the dark matter with a magnetized galactic interstellar medium (ISM) of (rotating) spiral galaxies. For the observed ordered component of the field, $$B\sim \mu$$G, we find that the accumulated Lorentz interactions between the charged particles and the ISM will extract an order unity fraction of the disk angular momentum over the few Gyr Galactic lifetime unless $$q/e \lesssim 10^{-13\pm 1}\,m\,c^2/$$ GeV if all the dark matter is charged. The bound is weakened by factor $$f_{\rm qdm}^{-1/2}$$ if only a mass fraction $$f_{\rm qdm}\gtrsim0.13$$ of the dark matter is charged. Here $$q$$ and $$m$$ are the dark matter particle mass and charge. If $$f_{\rm qdm}\approx1$$ this bound excludes charged dark matter produced via the freeze-in mechanism for $$m \lesssim$$ TeV/$c^2$. This bound on $q/m$, obtained from Milky Way parameters, is rough and not based on any precise empirical test. However this bound is extremely strong and should motivate further work to better model the interaction of charged dark matter with ordered and disordered magnetic fields in galaxies and clusters of galaxies; to develop precise tests for the presence of charged dark matter based on better estimates of angular momentum exchange; and also to better understand how charged dark matter might modify the growth of magnetic fields, and the formation and interaction histories of galaxies, galaxy groups, and clusters.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

Cite

Export

Save

Research Organization:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

OSTI ID:: 1561542

Report Number(s):: arXiv:1908.05275; FERMILAB-PUB-19-271-A; oai:inspirehep.net:1749776

Journal Information:: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2019, Issue 12; ISSN 1475-7516

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Citation Metrics:

Cited by: 23 works

Citation information provided by
Web of Science

References (60)

An absorption profile centred at 78 megahertz in the sky-averaged spectrum Bowman, Judd D.; Rogers, Alan E. E.; Monsalve, Raul A. Nature, Vol. 555, Issue 7694 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25792	journal	March 2018
Possible interaction between baryons and dark-matter particles revealed by the first stars Barkana, Rennan Nature, Vol. 555, Issue 7694 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25791	journal	March 2018
Cosmic abundances of stable particles: Improved analysis Gondolo, Paolo; Gelmini, Graciela Nuclear Physics B, Vol. 360, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(91)90438-4	journal	August 1991
Updated bounds on milli-charged particles Davidson, Sacha; Hannestad, Steen; Raffelt, Georg Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2000, Issue 05 https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2000/05/003	journal	May 2000
Sterile neutrinos as dark matter Dodelson, Scott; Widrow, Lawrence M. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 72, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.17	journal	January 1994
Supernova 1987A constraints on sub-GeV dark sectors, millicharged particles, the QCD axion, and an axion-like particle Chang, Jae Hyeok; Essig, Rouven; McDermott, Samuel D. Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2018, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2018)051	journal	September 2018
The four basic ways of creating dark matter through a portal Chu, Xiaoyong; Hambye, Thomas; Tytgat, Michel H. G. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2012, Issue 05 https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2012/05/034	journal	May 2012
Radio observational constraints on Galactic 3D-emission models Sun, X. H.; Reich, W.; Waelkens, A. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 477, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078671	journal	November 2007
Rotation Curves of Spiral Galaxies Sofue, Yoshiaki; Rubin, Vera Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 39, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.astro.39.1.137	journal	September 2001
Low-frequency Faraday rotation measures towards pulsars using LOFAR: probing the 3D Galactic halo magnetic field Sobey, C.; Bilous, A. V.; Grießmeier, J-M Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 484, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz214	journal	January 2019
Observing Interstellar and Intergalactic Magnetic Fields Han, J. L. Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 55, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-astro-091916-055221	journal	August 2017
Nonthermal Supermassive Dark Matter Chung, Daniel J. H.; Kolb, Edward W.; Riotto, Antonio Physical Review Letters, Vol. 81, Issue 19 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.4048	journal	November 1998
The Galaxy in Context: Structural, Kinematic, and Integrated Properties Bland-Hawthorn, Joss; Gerhard, Ortwin Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 54, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-astro-081915-023441	journal	September 2016
An improved map of the Galactic Faraday sky Oppermann, N.; Junklewitz, H.; Robbers, G. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 542 https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118526	journal	June 2012
Double-Disk Dark Matter Fan, JiJi; Katz, Andrey; Randall, Lisa Physics of the Dark Universe, Vol. 2, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dark.2013.07.001	journal	September 2013
The dark disk of the Milky way Purcell, Chris W.; Bullock, James S.; Kaplinghat, Manoj The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 703, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/703/2/2275	journal	September 2009
Dark radiation constraints on minicharged particles in models with a hidden photon Vogel, Hendrik; Redondo, Javier Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2014, Issue 02 https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/02/029	journal	February 2014
A simple model for the evolution of disc galaxies: the Milky Way Naab, Thorsten; Ostriker, Jeremiah P. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 366, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09807.x	journal	March 2006
Constraining a Thin Dark Matter Disk with $G a i a$ Schutz, Katelin; Lin, Tongyan; Safdi, Benjamin R. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 121, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.081101	journal	August 2018
Heating of baryons due to scattering with dark matter during the dark ages Muñoz, Julian B.; Kovetz, Ely D.; Ali-Haïmoud, Yacine Physical Review D, Vol. 92, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.92.083528	journal	October 2015
Freeze-in production of FIMP dark matter Hall, Lawrence J.; Jedamzik, Karsten; March-Russell, John Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2010, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2010)080	journal	March 2010
Effects of dark matter-baryon scattering on redshifted 21 cm signals Tashiro, Hiroyuki; Kadota, Kenji; Silk, Joseph Physical Review D, Vol. 90, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.90.083522	journal	October 2014
The dark matter of gravitational lensing Massey, Richard; Kitching, Thomas; Richard, Johan Reports on Progress in Physics, Vol. 73, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/73/8/086901	journal	July 2010
The interstellar environment of our galaxy Ferrière, Katia M. Reviews of Modern Physics, Vol. 73, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.73.1031	journal	December 2001
Supersymmetric dark matter Jungman, Gerard; Kamionkowski, Marc; Griest, Kim Physics Reports, Vol. 267, Issue 5-6 https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-1573(95)00058-5	journal	March 1996
History of dark matter Bertone, Gianfranco; Hooper, Dan Reviews of Modern Physics, Vol. 90, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.90.045002	journal	October 2018
On the Local dark Matter Density Bovy, Jo; Tremaine, Scott The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 756, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/756/1/89	journal	August 2012
The local dark matter density Read, J. I. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 41, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/41/6/063101	journal	May 2014
A new Electron-Density Model for Estimation of Pulsar and frb Distances Yao, J. M.; Manchester, R. N.; Wang, N. The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 835, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/835/1/29	journal	January 2017
Make dark matter charged again Agrawal, Prateek; Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan; Randall, Lisa Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2017, Issue 05 https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2017/05/022	journal	May 2017
Tighter limits on dark matter explanations of the anomalous EDGES 21 cm signal Kovetz, Ely D.; Poulin, Vivian; Gluscevic, Vera Physical Review D, Vol. 98, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.103529	journal	November 2018
First Direct Detection Limits on Sub-GeV Dark Matter from XENON10 Essig, Rouven; Manalaysay, Aaron; Mardon, Jeremy Physical Review Letters, Vol. 109, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.021301	journal	July 2012
New constraints and prospects for sub-GeV dark matter scattering off electrons in xenon Essig, Rouven; Volansky, Tomer; Yu, Tien-Tien Physical Review D, Vol. 96, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.96.043017	journal	August 2017
CHAMP cosmic rays Dunsky, David; Hall, Lawrence J.; Harigaya, Keisuke Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2019, Issue 07 https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2019/07/015	journal	July 2019
Detection of microgauss coherent magnetic fields in a galaxy five billion years ago Mao, S. A.; Carilli, C.; Gaensler, B. M. Nature Astronomy, Vol. 1, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-017-0218-x	journal	August 2017
Constraining Baryon–Dark-Matter Scattering with the Cosmic Dawn 21-cm Signal Fialkov, Anastasia; Barkana, Rennan; Cohen, Aviad Physical Review Letters, Vol. 121, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.011101	journal	July 2018
Two U(1)'s and ϵ charge shifts Holdom, Bob Physics Letters B, Vol. 166, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(86)91377-8	journal	January 1986
Heating up the Galaxy with hidden photons Dubovsky, Sergei; Hernández-Chifflet, Guzmán Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2015, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2015/12/054	journal	December 2015
Rotation Measures of Extragalactic Sources behind the Southern Galactic Plane: New Insights into the Large‐Scale Magnetic Field of the Inner Milky Way Brown, J. C.; Haverkorn, M.; Gaensler, B. M. The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 663, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1086/518499	journal	July 2007
Wimpzillas! Kolb, Edward W.; Chung, Daniel J. H.; Riotto, Antonio The second meeting on trends in theoretical physics, AIP Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.1063/1.59655	conference	January 1999
Magnetic field formation in the Milky Way like disc galaxies of the Auriga project Pakmor, Rüdiger; Gómez, Facundo A.; Grand, Robert J. J. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 469, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1074	journal	May 2017
Supersymmetric dark matter Bottino, A.; Donato, F.; Fornengo, N. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements, Vol. 113, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/s0920-5632(02)01822-4	journal	December 2002
Constraining Baryon-Dark-Matter Scattering with the Cosmic Dawn 21-cm Signal. Fialkov, Anastasia; Barkana, Rennan; Cohen, Aviad Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository https://doi.org/10.17863/cam.46437	text	January 2018
Radio observational constraints on Galactic 3D-emission models Sun, X. H.; Reich, W.; Waelkens, A. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0711.1572	text	January 2007
An improved map of the Galactic Faraday sky Oppermann, N.; Junklewitz, H.; Robbers, G. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1111.6186	text	January 2011
On the local dark matter density Bovy, Jo; Tremaine, Scott arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1205.4033	text	January 2012
First Direct Detection Limits on sub-GeV Dark Matter from XENON10 Essig, Rouven; Manalaysay, Aaron; Mardon, Jeremy arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1206.2644	text	January 2012
Dark Radiation constraints on minicharged particles in models with a hidden photon Vogel, Hendrik; Redondo, Javier arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1311.2600	text	January 2013
The Local Dark Matter Density Read, J. I. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1404.1938	text	January 2014
The Galaxy in Context: Structural, Kinematic and Integrated Properties Bland-Hawthorn, Joss; Gerhard, Ortwin arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1602.07702	text	January 2016
Make Dark Matter Charged Again Agrawal, Prateek; Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan; Randall, Lisa arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1610.04611	text	January 2016
New Constraints and Prospects for sub-GeV Dark Matter Scattering off Electrons in Xenon Essig, Rouven; Volansky, Tomer; Yu, Tien-Tien arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1703.00910	text	January 2017
Possible interaction between baryons and dark-matter particles revealed by the first stars Barkana, Rennan arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1803.06698	text	January 2018
Tighter Limits on Dark Matter Explanations of the Anomalous EDGES 21cm Signal Kovetz, Ely D.; Poulin, Vivian; Gluscevic, Vera arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1807.11482	text	January 2018
CHAMP Cosmic Rays Dunsky, David; Hall, Lawrence J.; Harigaya, Keisuke arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1812.11116	text	January 2018
Making dark matter out of light: freeze-in from plasma effects Dvorkin, Cora; Lin, Tongyan; Schutz, Katelin arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1902.08623	text	January 2019
Search for Millicharged Particles at SLAC Prinz, A. A.; Baggs, R.; Ballam, J. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.hep-ex/9804008	text	January 1998
Sterile Neutrinos as Dark Matter Dodelson, Scott; Widrow, Lawrence M. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/9303287	text	January 1993
Supersymmetric Dark Matter Jungman, G.; Kamionkowski, M.; Griest, K. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/9506380	text	January 1995
Nonthermal Supermassive Dark Matter Chung, Daniel J. H.; Kolb, Edward W.; Riotto, Antonio arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/9805473	text	January 1998

Similar Records

CHAMP cosmic rays

Journal Article · Wed Jul 10 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics · OSTI ID:1561542

Dunsky, David; Hall, Lawrence J.; Harigaya, Keisuke

Reopening the window on charged dark matter

Journal Article · Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics · OSTI ID:1561542

Chuzhoy, Leonid

On the fraction of dark matter in charged massive particles (CHAMPs)

Journal Article · Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2010 · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics · OSTI ID:1561542

Sánchez-Salcedo, F. J.; Martínez-Gómez, E.

Related Subjects

79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

Title: New limits on charged dark matter from large-scale coherent magnetic fields

Citation Formats

References (60)

Similar Records

Related Subjects