Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2011-10-17
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
27 pages, 6+1 figures; v2: version submitted to JCAP for publication, one new figure and one new table added, summary plots sl
Scientific paper
Assuming the existence of a primordial asymmetry in the dark sector, a scenario usually dubbed Asymmetric Dark Matter (aDM), we study the effect of oscillations between dark matter and its antiparticle on the re-equilibration of the initial asymmetry before freeze-out, which enable efficient annihilations to recouple. We calculate the evolution of the DM relic abundance and show how oscillations re-open the parameter space of aDM models, in particular in the direction of allowing large (WIMP-scale) DM masses. A typical wimp with a mass at the EW scale (\sim 100 GeV - 1 TeV) presenting a primordial asymmetry of the same order as the baryon asymmetry naturally gets the correct relic abundance if the DM-number-violating Delta(DM) = 2 mass term is in the \sim meV range. The re-establishment of annihilations implies that constraints from the accumulation of aDM in astrophysical bodies are evaded. On the other hand, the ordinary bounds from BBN, CMB and indirect detection signals on annihilating DM have to be considered.
Cirelli Marco
Panci Paolo
Servant Geraldine
Zaharijas Gabrijela
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