Lyman-α constraints on cosmic heating from dark matter annihilation and decay
Abstract
We derive new constraints on models of decaying and annihilating dark matter (DM) by requiring that the energy injected into the intergalactic medium (IGM) not overheat it at late times, when measurements of the Lyman-α forest constrain the IGM temperature. We improve upon previous analyses by using the recently developed DarkHistory code package, which self-consistently takes into account additional photoionization and photoheating processes due to reionization and DM sources. Our constraints are robust to the uncertainties of reionization and competitive with leading limits on sub-GeV DM that decays preferentially to electrons
- Authors:
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[1];
[2];
[2]
- New York Univ. (NYU), NY (United States); Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1851049
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0007968; SC0011090; SC0012567; SC0013999
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. D.
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 104; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Astronomy & Astrophysics; Physics; Dark matter; Particle dark matter; Particle decays; Intergalactic medium
Citation Formats
Liu, Hongwan, Qin, Wenzer, Ridgway, Gregory W., and Slatyer, Tracy R. Lyman-α constraints on cosmic heating from dark matter annihilation and decay. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1103/physrevd.104.043514.
Liu, Hongwan, Qin, Wenzer, Ridgway, Gregory W., & Slatyer, Tracy R. Lyman-α constraints on cosmic heating from dark matter annihilation and decay. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.104.043514
Liu, Hongwan, Qin, Wenzer, Ridgway, Gregory W., and Slatyer, Tracy R. Fri .
"Lyman-α constraints on cosmic heating from dark matter annihilation and decay". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.104.043514. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1851049.
@article{osti_1851049,
title = {Lyman-α constraints on cosmic heating from dark matter annihilation and decay},
author = {Liu, Hongwan and Qin, Wenzer and Ridgway, Gregory W. and Slatyer, Tracy R.},
abstractNote = {We derive new constraints on models of decaying and annihilating dark matter (DM) by requiring that the energy injected into the intergalactic medium (IGM) not overheat it at late times, when measurements of the Lyman-α forest constrain the IGM temperature. We improve upon previous analyses by using the recently developed DarkHistory code package, which self-consistently takes into account additional photoionization and photoheating processes due to reionization and DM sources. Our constraints are robust to the uncertainties of reionization and competitive with leading limits on sub-GeV DM that decays preferentially to electrons},
doi = {10.1103/physrevd.104.043514},
journal = {Physical Review. D.},
number = 4,
volume = 104,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 13 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Fri Aug 13 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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