Exciting dark matter in the Galactic Center

被引：20

作者：

Chen, Fang ^{[1
]}

Cline, James M. ^{[1
]}

Fradette, Anthony ^{[1
]}

Frey, Andrew R. ^{[1
]}

Rabideau, Charles ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] McGill Univ, Dept Phys, Montreal, PQ H3A 2T8, Canada

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 2010年 / 81卷 / 04期

关键词：

POSITRON-ANNIHILATION RADIATION; 511 KEV EMISSION; RAY BURSTS; KEV LINE; MILKY; ENERGIES; REGION;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevD.81.043523

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

We reconsider the proposal of excited dark matter (DM) as an explanation for excess 511 keV gamma rays from positrons in the Galactic center. We quantitatively compute the cross section for DM annihilation to nearby excited states, mediated by exchange of a new light gauge boson with off-diagonal couplings to the DM states. In models where both excited states must be heavy enough to decay into e(+)e(-) and the ground state, the predicted rate of positron production is never large enough to agree with observations, unless one makes extreme assumptions about the local circular velocity in the Milky Way, or alternatively if there exists a metastable population of DM states which can be excited through a mass gap of less than 650 keV, before decaying into electrons and positrons.

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