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Anomalous X-Ray Galactic signal from 7 keV spin-$3/2$ dark matter decay

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2016-02-17 v2

Abstract

In order to explain the recently reported peak at 3.553.55 keV in the galactic x-ray spectrum, we propose a simple model. In this model, the Standard Model is extended by including a neutral spin-3/23/2 vector-like fermion that transforms like a singlet under SM gauge group. This 7.17.1 keV spin-3/23/2 fermion is considered to comprise a portion of the observed dark matter. Its decay into a neutrino and a photon with decay life commensurate with the observed data, fits the relic dark matter density and obeys the astrophysical constraints from the supernova cooling.

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@article{arxiv.1509.02105,
  title  = {Anomalous X-Ray Galactic signal from 7 keV spin-$3/2$ dark matter decay},
  author = {Sukanta Dutta and Ashok Goyal and Sanjeev Kumar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.02105},
  year   = {2016}
}

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13 pages and 2 Figures