130 GeV dark matter and the Fermi gamma-ray line
Abstract
Based on tentative evidence for a peak in the Fermi gamma-ray spectrum originating from near the center of the galaxy, it has been suggested that dark matter of mass ∼130GeV is annihilating directly into photons with a cross section ∼24 times smaller than that needed for the thermal relic density. We propose a simple particle physics model in which the dark matter is a scalar X, with a coupling λXX2|S|2 to a scalar multiplet S carrying electric charge, which allows for XX→γγ at one loop due to the virtual S. We predict a second monochromatic photon peak at 114 GeV due to XX→γZ. The S is colored under a hidden sector SU(N) or QCD to help boost the XX→γγ cross section. The analogous coupling λhh2|S|2 to the Higgs boson can naturally increase the partial width for h→γγ by an amount comparable to its standard model value, as suggested by recent measurements from CMS. Due to the hidden sector SU(N) (or QCD), S binds to its antiparticle to form S mesons, which will be pair-produced in colliders and then decay predominantly to XX, hh, or to glueballs of the SU(N) which subsequently decay to photons. The cross section for X on nucleons is close to the Xenon100 upper limit, suggesting that it should be discovered soon by direct detection.
- Publication:
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Physical Review D
- Pub Date:
- July 2012
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1205.2688
- Bibcode:
- 2012PhRvD..86a5016C
- Keywords:
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- 95.35.+d;
- 12.60.Cn;
- Dark matter;
- Extensions of electroweak gauge sector;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- 5 pages, 5 figures. v2: fixed error concerning EWPD