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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 B(1)B^{(1)} 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 B(1)B^{(1)} 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 B(1)B^{(1)} mass of the order of 300\simeq 300 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