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Title: Dark matter annihilations into two light fermions and one gauge boson: general analysis and antiproton constraints

Abstract

We study in this paper the scenario where the dark matter is constituted by Majorana particles which couple to a light Standard Model fermion and an extra scalar via a Yukawa coupling. In this scenario, the annihilation rate into the light fermions with the mediation of the scalar particle is strongly suppressed by the mass of the fermion. Nevertheless, the helicity suppression is lifted by the associated emission of a gauge boson, yielding annihilation rates which could be large enough to allow the indirect detection of the dark matter particles. We perform a general analysis of this scenario, calculating the annihilation cross section of the processes χχ→f f-bar V when the dark matter particle is a SU(2){sub L} singlet or doublet, f is a lepton or a quark, and V is a photon, a weak gauge boson or a gluon. We point out that the annihilation rate is particularly enhanced when the dark matter particle is degenerate in mass to the intermediate scalar particle, which is a scenario barely constrained by collider searches of exotic charged or colored particles. Lastly, we derive upper limits on the relevant cross sections from the non-observation of an excess in the cosmic antiproton-to-proton ratiomore » measured by PAMELA.« less

Authors:
 [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Notkestraße 85, 22603 Hamburg (Germany)
  2. Physik-Department T30d, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Straße, 85748 Garching (Germany)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22279779
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2012; Journal Issue: 04; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1475-7516
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; ANNIHILATION; ANTIPROTONS; ASTROPHYSICS; COLOR MODEL; COSMOLOGY; CROSS SECTIONS; GLUONS; HELICITY; LEPTONS; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PHOTONS; QUARKS; REST MASS; STANDARD MODEL; SU-2 GROUPS; YUKAWA POTENTIAL

Citation Formats

Garny, Mathias, Ibarra, Alejandro, and Vogl, Stefan. Dark matter annihilations into two light fermions and one gauge boson: general analysis and antiproton constraints. United States: N. p., 2012. Web. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2012/04/033.
Garny, Mathias, Ibarra, Alejandro, & Vogl, Stefan. Dark matter annihilations into two light fermions and one gauge boson: general analysis and antiproton constraints. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2012/04/033
Garny, Mathias, Ibarra, Alejandro, and Vogl, Stefan. 2012. "Dark matter annihilations into two light fermions and one gauge boson: general analysis and antiproton constraints". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2012/04/033.
@article{osti_22279779,
title = {Dark matter annihilations into two light fermions and one gauge boson: general analysis and antiproton constraints},
author = {Garny, Mathias and Ibarra, Alejandro and Vogl, Stefan},
abstractNote = {We study in this paper the scenario where the dark matter is constituted by Majorana particles which couple to a light Standard Model fermion and an extra scalar via a Yukawa coupling. In this scenario, the annihilation rate into the light fermions with the mediation of the scalar particle is strongly suppressed by the mass of the fermion. Nevertheless, the helicity suppression is lifted by the associated emission of a gauge boson, yielding annihilation rates which could be large enough to allow the indirect detection of the dark matter particles. We perform a general analysis of this scenario, calculating the annihilation cross section of the processes χχ→f f-bar V when the dark matter particle is a SU(2){sub L} singlet or doublet, f is a lepton or a quark, and V is a photon, a weak gauge boson or a gluon. We point out that the annihilation rate is particularly enhanced when the dark matter particle is degenerate in mass to the intermediate scalar particle, which is a scenario barely constrained by collider searches of exotic charged or colored particles. Lastly, we derive upper limits on the relevant cross sections from the non-observation of an excess in the cosmic antiproton-to-proton ratio measured by PAMELA.},
doi = {10.1088/1475-7516/2012/04/033},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22279779}, journal = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics},
issn = {1475-7516},
number = 04,
volume = 2012,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
month = {Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012}
}