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Title: Gamma ray tests of Minimal Dark Matter

Abstract

We reconsider the model of Minimal Dark Matter (a fermionic, hypercharge-less quintuplet of the EW interactions) and compute its gamma ray signatures. We compare them with a number of gamma ray probes: the galactic halo diffuse measurements, the galactic center line searches and recent dwarf galaxies observations. We find that the original minimal model, whose mass is fixed at 9.4 TeV by the relic abundance requirement, is constrained by the line searches from the Galactic Center: it is ruled out if the Milky Way possesses a cuspy profile such as NFW but it is still allowed if it has a cored one. Observations of dwarf spheroidal galaxies are also relevant (in particular searches for lines), and ongoing astrophysical progresses on these systems have the potential to eventually rule out the model. We also explore a wider mass range, which applies to the case in which the relic abundance requirement is relaxed. Most of our results can be safely extended to the larger class of multi-TeV WIMP DM annihilating into massive gauge bosons.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]; ;  [1]
  1. Institut de Physique Théorique, Université Paris Saclay, CNRS, CEA, Orme des Merisiers, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  2. Service de Physique Theórique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Boulevard du Triomphe, CP225, 1050 Brussels (Belgium)
  3. Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, UMR 7095 CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 98 bis Boulevard Arago, Paris 75014 (France)
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)
OSTI Identifier:
22458392
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2015; Journal Issue: 10; Other Information: PUBLISHER-ID: JCAP10(2015)026; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:12240; Article funded by SCOAP3. Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1475-7516
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; ANNIHILATION; ASTROPHYSICS; BOSONS; FERMIONS; GAMMA RADIATION; HYPERCHARGE; MILKY WAY; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PROBES; TEV RANGE; WEINBERG-SALAM GAUGE MODEL

Citation Formats

Cirelli, Marco, Hambye, Thomas, Panci, Paolo, Sala, Filippo, and Taoso, Marco. Gamma ray tests of Minimal Dark Matter. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2015/10/026.
Cirelli, Marco, Hambye, Thomas, Panci, Paolo, Sala, Filippo, & Taoso, Marco. Gamma ray tests of Minimal Dark Matter. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2015/10/026
Cirelli, Marco, Hambye, Thomas, Panci, Paolo, Sala, Filippo, and Taoso, Marco. 2015. "Gamma ray tests of Minimal Dark Matter". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2015/10/026.
@article{osti_22458392,
title = {Gamma ray tests of Minimal Dark Matter},
author = {Cirelli, Marco and Hambye, Thomas and Panci, Paolo and Sala, Filippo and Taoso, Marco},
abstractNote = {We reconsider the model of Minimal Dark Matter (a fermionic, hypercharge-less quintuplet of the EW interactions) and compute its gamma ray signatures. We compare them with a number of gamma ray probes: the galactic halo diffuse measurements, the galactic center line searches and recent dwarf galaxies observations. We find that the original minimal model, whose mass is fixed at 9.4 TeV by the relic abundance requirement, is constrained by the line searches from the Galactic Center: it is ruled out if the Milky Way possesses a cuspy profile such as NFW but it is still allowed if it has a cored one. Observations of dwarf spheroidal galaxies are also relevant (in particular searches for lines), and ongoing astrophysical progresses on these systems have the potential to eventually rule out the model. We also explore a wider mass range, which applies to the case in which the relic abundance requirement is relaxed. Most of our results can be safely extended to the larger class of multi-TeV WIMP DM annihilating into massive gauge bosons.},
doi = {10.1088/1475-7516/2015/10/026},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22458392}, journal = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics},
issn = {1475-7516},
number = 10,
volume = 2015,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}