Hazma: a python toolkit for studying indirect detection of sub-GeV dark matter

Coogan, Adam; Morrison, Logan; Profumo, Stefano

doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2020/01/056

Title: Hazma: a python toolkit for studying indirect detection of sub-GeV dark matter

Journal Article · 27 January 2020 · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2020/01/056 · OSTI ID:1802046

Coogan, Adam ^[1]; Morrison, Logan ^[2]; Profumo, Stefano ^[3]

Univ. of Amsterdam (Netherlands). Inst. of Physics. GRAPPA; OSTI
Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics; Santa Cruz Inst. for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, CA (United States)

With several proposed MeV gamma-ray telescopes on the horizon, it is of paramount importance to perform accurate calculations of gamma-ray spectra expected from sub-GeV dark matter annihilation and decay. We present hazma, a python package for reliably computing these spectra, determining the resulting constraints from existing gamma-ray data, and prospects for upcoming telescopes. For high-level analyses, hazma comes with several built-in dark matter models where the interactions between dark matter and hadrons have been determined in detail using chiral perturbation theory. Additionally, hazma provides tools for computing spectra from individual final states with arbitrary numbers of light leptons and mesons, and for analyzing custom dark matter models. hazma can also produce electron and positron spectra from dark matter annihilation, enabling precise derivation of constraints from the cosmic microwave background

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010107

OSTI ID:: 1802046

Journal Information:: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Journal Issue: 01 Vol. 2020; ISSN 1475-7516

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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