Constraining Gravitational Dark Matter with LHAASO and Fermi-LAT

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Main Authors: Barman, Basabendu, Das, Arindam, Sarmah, Prantik, SivaKumar, Rakesh Kumar
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author Barman, Basabendu
Das, Arindam
Sarmah, Prantik
SivaKumar, Rakesh Kumar
author_facet Barman, Basabendu
Das, Arindam
Sarmah, Prantik
SivaKumar, Rakesh Kumar
contents We use diffuse Galactic high energy gamma ray data from LHAASO and Fermi-LAT to constrain gravitationally produced decaying dark matter (DM). Focusing on four benchmark candidates: a dark photon, a heavy right-handed neutrino (RHN), a pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone boson (pNGB), and a non-minimally coupled scalar we derive bounds on the DM mass and its couplings to the visible sector. For dark photons, RHNs, and pNGBs, the combined data constrain the relevant interaction strength to $\lesssim\mathcal{O}(10^{-30})$ for DM masses $\gtrsim\mathcal{O}$(TeV), while the non-minimally coupled scalar is limited to $\lesssim\mathcal{O}(10^{-10})$. Moreover, photon-dark photon oscillations yield strong constraints for massive dark photon beyond 10 GeV, closing a region of parameter space previously left unconstrained.
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spellingShingle Constraining Gravitational Dark Matter with LHAASO and Fermi-LAT
Barman, Basabendu
Das, Arindam
Sarmah, Prantik
SivaKumar, Rakesh Kumar
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
We use diffuse Galactic high energy gamma ray data from LHAASO and Fermi-LAT to constrain gravitationally produced decaying dark matter (DM). Focusing on four benchmark candidates: a dark photon, a heavy right-handed neutrino (RHN), a pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone boson (pNGB), and a non-minimally coupled scalar we derive bounds on the DM mass and its couplings to the visible sector. For dark photons, RHNs, and pNGBs, the combined data constrain the relevant interaction strength to $\lesssim\mathcal{O}(10^{-30})$ for DM masses $\gtrsim\mathcal{O}$(TeV), while the non-minimally coupled scalar is limited to $\lesssim\mathcal{O}(10^{-10})$. Moreover, photon-dark photon oscillations yield strong constraints for massive dark photon beyond 10 GeV, closing a region of parameter space previously left unconstrained.
title Constraining Gravitational Dark Matter with LHAASO and Fermi-LAT
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09997