Origin of sterile neutrino dark matter via secret neutrino interactions with vector bosons

Kelly, Kevin J.; Sen, Manibrata; Tangarife, Walter; Zhang, Yue

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.101.115031

Title: Origin of sterile neutrino dark matter via secret neutrino interactions with vector bosons

Journal Article · Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Physical Review D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.115031· OSTI ID:1634269

; Sen, Manibrata;

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Secret neutrino interactions can play an essential role in the origin of dark matter. We present an anatomy of production mechanisms for sterile neutrino dark matter, a keV-scale gauge-singlet fermion that mixes with active neutrinos, in the presence of a new vector boson mediating secret interactions among active neutrinos. We identify three regimes of the vector boson’s mass and coupling where it makes a distinct impact on dark matter production through the dispersion relations and/or scattering rates. We also analyze models with gauged Lμ-Lτ and B-L numbers which have a similar dark matter cosmology but different vector boson phenomenology. We derive the parameter space in these models where the observed relic abundance is produced for sterile neutrino dark matter. They serve as a well-motivated target for the upcoming experimental searches.

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

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

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

OSTI ID:: 1634269

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1633750

Report Number(s):: arXiv:2005.03681; FERMILAB-PUB-20-181-T; NUHEP-TH/20-02; PRVDAQ; 115031

Journal Information:: Physical Review D, Journal Name: Physical Review D Vol. 101 Journal Issue: 11; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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