Bouncing Dark Matter

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Autores principales: Puetter, Lucas, Ruderman, Joshua T., Salvioni, Ennio, Shakya, Bibhushan
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Publicado: 2022
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author Puetter, Lucas
Ruderman, Joshua T.
Salvioni, Ennio
Shakya, Bibhushan
author_facet Puetter, Lucas
Ruderman, Joshua T.
Salvioni, Ennio
Shakya, Bibhushan
contents We present a novel mechanism for thermal dark matter production, characterized by a "bounce": the dark matter equilibrium distribution transitions from the canonical exponentially falling abundance to an exponentially rising one, resulting in an enhancement of the freezeout abundance by many orders of magnitude. We discuss several realizations of bouncing dark matter. The bounce allows the present day dark matter annihilation cross section to be significantly larger than the canonical thermal target, improving the prospects for indirect detection signals.
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spellingShingle Bouncing Dark Matter
Puetter, Lucas
Ruderman, Joshua T.
Salvioni, Ennio
Shakya, Bibhushan
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
We present a novel mechanism for thermal dark matter production, characterized by a "bounce": the dark matter equilibrium distribution transitions from the canonical exponentially falling abundance to an exponentially rising one, resulting in an enhancement of the freezeout abundance by many orders of magnitude. We discuss several realizations of bouncing dark matter. The bounce allows the present day dark matter annihilation cross section to be significantly larger than the canonical thermal target, improving the prospects for indirect detection signals.
title Bouncing Dark Matter
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.08453