Effective field theories for dark matter pairs in the early universe: cross sections and widths
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| author | Biondini, Simone Brambilla, Nora Qerimi, Gramos Vairo, Antonio |
| author_facet | Biondini, Simone Brambilla, Nora Qerimi, Gramos Vairo, Antonio |
| contents | In order to predict the cosmological abundance of dark matter, an estimation of particle rates in an expanding thermal environment is needed. For thermal dark matter, the non-relativistic regime sets the stage for the freeze-out of the dark matter energy density. We compute transition widths and annihilation, bound-state formation, and dissociation cross sections of dark matter fermion pairs in the unifying framework of non-relativistic effective field theories at finite temperature, with the thermal bath modeling the thermodynamical behaviour of the early universe. We reproduce and extend some known results for the paradigmatic case of a dark fermion species coupled to dark gauge bosons. The effective field theory framework allows to highlight their range of validity and consistency, and to identify some possible improvements. |
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| spellingShingle | Effective field theories for dark matter pairs in the early universe: cross sections and widths Biondini, Simone Brambilla, Nora Qerimi, Gramos Vairo, Antonio High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics In order to predict the cosmological abundance of dark matter, an estimation of particle rates in an expanding thermal environment is needed. For thermal dark matter, the non-relativistic regime sets the stage for the freeze-out of the dark matter energy density. We compute transition widths and annihilation, bound-state formation, and dissociation cross sections of dark matter fermion pairs in the unifying framework of non-relativistic effective field theories at finite temperature, with the thermal bath modeling the thermodynamical behaviour of the early universe. We reproduce and extend some known results for the paradigmatic case of a dark fermion species coupled to dark gauge bosons. The effective field theory framework allows to highlight their range of validity and consistency, and to identify some possible improvements. |
| title | Effective field theories for dark matter pairs in the early universe: cross sections and widths |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.00113 |