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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Relic density and Pamela events in a heavy wino dark matter model with Sommerfeld effect |
Author: | Mohanty, S. Rao, S. Roy, D. |
Citation: | International Journal of Modern Physics A: particles and fields; gravitation; cosmology; nuclear physics, 2012; 27(6):1250025-1-1250025-20 |
Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing Company |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
ISSN: | 0217-751X 1793-656X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Subhendra Mohanty, Soumya Rao, D. P. Roy |
Abstract: | In a wino LSP scenario the annihilation cross-section of winos gravitationally bound in galaxies can be boosted by a Sommerfeld enhancement factor which arises due to the ladder of exchanged W bosons between the initial states. The boost factor obtained can be in the range S ≃10⁴ if the mass is close to the resonance value of M ≃4 TeV. In this paper we show that if one takes into account the Sommerfeld enhancement in the relic abundance calculation then the correct relic density is obtained for 4 TeV wino mass due to the enhanced annihilation after their kinetic decoupling. At the same time the Sommerfeld enhancement in the χχ→W⁺ W⁻ annihilation channel is sufficient to explain the positron flux seen in PAMELA data without significantly exceeding the observed antiproton signal. We also show that (e⁻+e⁺) and γ-ray signals are broadly compatible with the Fermi-LAT observations. In conclusion we show that a 4 TeV wino DM can explain the positron and antiproton fluxes observed by PAMELA and at the same time give a thermal relic abundance of CDM consistent with WMAP observations. |
Keywords: | Dark matter; relic density; cosmic ray; Sommerfeld enhancement |
Rights: | © World Scientific Publishing Company |
DOI: | 10.1142/S0217751X1250025X |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0217751x1250025x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Physics publications |
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