English

Neutralino dark matter and the Fermi gamma-ray lines

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-12 v3 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

Motivated by recent claims of lines in the Fermi gamma-ray spectrum, we critically examine means of enhancing neutralino annihilation into neutral gauge bosons. The signal can be boosted while remaining consistent with continuum photon constraints if a new singlet-like pseudoscalar is present. We consider singlet extensions of the MSSM, focusing on the NMSSM, where a `well-tempered' neutralino can explain the lines while remaining consistent with current constraints. We adopt a complementary numerical and analytic approach throughout in order to gain intuition for the underlying physics. The scenario requires a rich spectrum of light neutralinos and charginos leading to characteristic phenomenological signatures at the LHC whose properties we explore. Future direct detection prospects are excellent, with sizeable spin-dependent and spin-independent cross-sections.

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@article{arxiv.1211.5154,
  title  = {Neutralino dark matter and the Fermi gamma-ray lines},
  author = {Guillaume Chalons and Matthew J. Dolan and Christopher McCabe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.5154},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

20 pages, 5 figures. v2 Added references, corrected typos. v3 Matches version to appear in JCAP