Indirect Searches for Dark Photon-Photon Tridents in Celestial Objects

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Autori principali: Linden, Tim, Nguyen, Thong T. Q., Tait, Tim M. P.
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Linden, Tim
Nguyen, Thong T. Q.
Tait, Tim M. P.
author_facet Linden, Tim
Nguyen, Thong T. Q.
Tait, Tim M. P.
contents We model and constrain the unique indirect detection signature produced by dark matter particles that annihilate through a $U(1)$ gauge symmetry into dark photons that subsequently decay into three-photon final states. We focus on scenarios where the dark photon is long-lived, and show that $γ$-ray probes of celestial objects can set strong constraints on the dark matter/baryon scattering cross section that in many cases surpass the power of current direct detection constraints, and in some cases even peer into the neutrino fog.
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spellingShingle Indirect Searches for Dark Photon-Photon Tridents in Celestial Objects
Linden, Tim
Nguyen, Thong T. Q.
Tait, Tim M. P.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
We model and constrain the unique indirect detection signature produced by dark matter particles that annihilate through a $U(1)$ gauge symmetry into dark photons that subsequently decay into three-photon final states. We focus on scenarios where the dark photon is long-lived, and show that $γ$-ray probes of celestial objects can set strong constraints on the dark matter/baryon scattering cross section that in many cases surpass the power of current direct detection constraints, and in some cases even peer into the neutrino fog.
title Indirect Searches for Dark Photon-Photon Tridents in Celestial Objects
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.01839