MeV right-handed neutrinos and dark matter
Abstract
We consider the possibility of having an MeV right-handed neutrino as a dark matter constituent. The initial reason for this study was the 511 keV spectral line observed by the satellite experiment INTEGRAL: could it be due to an interaction between dark matter and baryons? Independently of this, we find a number of constraints on the assumed right-handed interactions. They arise, in particular, from the measurements by solar neutrino experiments. We come to the conclusion that such particle interactions are possible, and could reproduce the peculiar angular distribution, but not the rate of the INTEGRAL signal. However, we stress that solar neutrino experiments are susceptible to provide further constraints in the future.
- Publication:
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Physical Review D
- Pub Date:
- April 2007
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:hep-ph/0610240
- Bibcode:
- 2007PhRvD..75h5017F
- Keywords:
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- 14.60.St;
- 95.35.+d;
- Non-standard-model neutrinos right-handed neutrinos etc.;
- Dark matter;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 7 pages, figure 1 changed, added references