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Title: General calculation of the cross section for dark matter annihilations into two photons

Abstract

Assuming that the underlying model satisfies some general requirements such as renormalizability and CP conservation, we calculate the non-relativistic one-loop cross section for any self-conjugate dark matter particle annihilating into two photons. We accomplish this by carefully classifying all possible one-loop diagrams and, from them, reading off the dark matter interactions with the particles running in the loop. Our approach is general and leads to the same results found in the literature for popular dark matter candidates such as the neutralinos of the MSSM, minimal dark matter, inert Higgs and Kaluza-Klein dark matter.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Service de Physique Théorique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Boulevard du Triomphe, CP225, 1050 Brussels (Belgium)
  2. Instituto de Física, Universidad de Antioquia, Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín (Colombia)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22679950
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2017; Journal Issue: 03; Other Information: 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; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CP INVARIANCE; CROSS SECTIONS; HIGGS BOSONS; HIGGS MODEL; KALUZA-KLEIN THEORY; NEUTRALINOS; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PHOTONS; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SUPERSYMMETRY

Citation Formats

Garcia-Cely, Camilo, and Rivera, Andres. General calculation of the cross section for dark matter annihilations into two photons. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2017/03/054.
Garcia-Cely, Camilo, & Rivera, Andres. General calculation of the cross section for dark matter annihilations into two photons. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2017/03/054
Garcia-Cely, Camilo, and Rivera, Andres. 2017. "General calculation of the cross section for dark matter annihilations into two photons". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2017/03/054.
@article{osti_22679950,
title = {General calculation of the cross section for dark matter annihilations into two photons},
author = {Garcia-Cely, Camilo and Rivera, Andres},
abstractNote = {Assuming that the underlying model satisfies some general requirements such as renormalizability and CP conservation, we calculate the non-relativistic one-loop cross section for any self-conjugate dark matter particle annihilating into two photons. We accomplish this by carefully classifying all possible one-loop diagrams and, from them, reading off the dark matter interactions with the particles running in the loop. Our approach is general and leads to the same results found in the literature for popular dark matter candidates such as the neutralinos of the MSSM, minimal dark matter, inert Higgs and Kaluza-Klein dark matter.},
doi = {10.1088/1475-7516/2017/03/054},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22679950}, journal = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics},
issn = {1475-7516},
number = 03,
volume = 2017,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}