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Modifying dark matter indirect detection signals by thermal effects at freeze-out

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2018-08-01 v2

Abstract

We present an extension of the Standard Model, containing a fermion dark matter candidate and two real scalar singlets, where the observed dark matter abundance is produced via freeze-out before the electroweak phase transition. We show that in this case the dark matter annihilation channels determining its freeze-out are different from those producing indirect detection signal. We present a benchmark model where the indirect annihilation cross-section differs from the freeze-out one. The model also has a gravitational wave signature due to the first order electroweak phase transition.

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@article{arxiv.1801.06184,
  title  = {Modifying dark matter indirect detection signals by thermal effects at freeze-out},
  author = {Andi Hektor and Kristjan Kannike and Ville Vaskonen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.06184},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

8 pages, 5 figures, version accepted by the PRD