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Gamma-ray detection from gravitino dark matter decay in the $\mu\nu$SSM

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-05-13 v3 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

The μν\mu\nuSSM provides a solution to the μ\mu-problem of the MSSM and explains the origin of neutrino masses by simply using right-handed neutrino superfields. Given that R-parity is broken in this model, the gravitino is a natural candidate for dark matter since its lifetime becomes much longer than the age of the Universe. We consider the implications of gravitino dark matter in the μν\mu\nuSSM, analyzing in particular the prospects for detecting gamma rays from decaying gravitinos. If the gravitino explains the whole dark matter component, a gravitino mass larger than 20 GeV is disfavored by the isotropic diffuse photon background measurements. On the other hand, a gravitino with a mass range between 0.1-20 GeV gives rise to a signal that might be observed by the FERMI satellite. In this way important regions of the parameter space of the μν\mu\nuSSM can be checked.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.0906.3681,
  title  = {Gamma-ray detection from gravitino dark matter decay in the $\mu\nu$SSM},
  author = {Ki-Young Choi and Daniel E. Lopez-Fogliani and Carlos Munoz and Roberto Ruiz de Austri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.3681},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Final version to appear in JCAP, 13 pages, 3 figures