A 130 GeV photon line from dark matter annihilation in the NMSSM
- Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, UMR 8627, CNRS and Université de Paris-Sud, Bât. 210, 91405 Orsay (France)
In the Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, neutralino dark matter can annihilate into a pair of photons through the exchange of a CP-odd Higgs boson in the s-channel. The CP-odd Higgs boson couples to two photons through a loop of dominantly higgsino-like charginos. We show that the parameter space of the NMSSM can accommodate simultaneously i) neutralino-like dark matter of a mass of about 130 GeV giving rise to a 130 GeV photon line; ii) an annihilation cross section of or larger than 10{sup −27} cm{sup 3} s{sup −1}; iii) a relic density in agreement with WMAP constraints; iv) a direct detection cross section compatible with bounds from XENON100, and v) a Standard Model like Higgs mass of about 125 GeV. However, the CP-odd Higgs mass has to lie accidentally close to 260 GeV.
- OSTI ID:
- 22279856
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2012, Issue 08; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1475-7516
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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