Neutrino As The Dark Force
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2021-10-13 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract
We point out a novel role for the Standard Model neutrino in dark matter phenomenology where the exchange of neutrinos generates a long-range potential between dark matter particles. The resulting dark matter self interaction could be sufficiently strong to impact small-scale structure formation, without the need of any dark force carrier. This is a generic feature of theories where dark matter couples to the visible sector through the neutrino portal. It is highly testable with improved decay rate measurements at future , Higgs, and factories, as well as precision cosmology.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2106.08339,
title = {Neutrino As The Dark Force},
author = {Nicholas Orlofsky and Yue Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.08339},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
6 pages, 2 figures; v2: added Lyman-alpha and references