Explaining the DAMA Signal with WIMPless Dark Matter
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2011-06-03 v4 Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
WIMPless dark matter provides a framework in which dark matter particles with a wide range of masses naturally have the correct thermal relic density. We show that WIMPless dark matter with mass around 2-10 GeV can explain the annual modulation observed by the DAMA experiment without violating the constraints of other dark matter searches. This explanation implies distinctive and promising signals for other direct detection experiments, GLAST, and the LHC.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0806.3746,
title = {Explaining the DAMA Signal with WIMPless Dark Matter},
author = {Jonathan L. Feng and Jason Kumar and Louis E. Strigari},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.3746},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
8 pages; v2: discussion of channeling, CoGeNT, and references added; v3: published version; v4: annihilation signal corrected