Indirect Detection of Kaluza-Klein Dark Matter
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-11-07 v2 Astrophysics
Abstract
We investigate prospects for indirect detection of Kaluza--Klein dark matter, focusing on the annihilation radiation of the first Kaluza--Klein excitation of the Hypercharge gauge boson in the Galactic halo, in particular we estimate neutrino, gamma-ray and synchrotron fluxes. Comparing the predicted fluxes with observational data we are able to constrain the mass (and therefore the compactification scale). The constraints depend on the specific model adopted for the dark matter density profile. For a NFW profile the analysis of synchrotron radiation puts a lower bound on the mass of the order of GeV.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0211342,
title = {Indirect Detection of Kaluza-Klein Dark Matter},
author = {Gianfranco Bertone and Geraldine Servant and Guenter Sigl},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0211342},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
8 pages, 9 figures, version accepted for publication in PRD