Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2009-11-12
Phys. Rev. D 81, 043523 (2010)
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Dedicated to the memory of Lev Kofman; 16 pages, 9 figures; v3 added refs, minor changes, accepted to PRD
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.81.043523
We reconsider the proposal of excited dark matter (DM) as an explanation for excess 511 keV gamma rays from positrons in the galactic center. We quantitatively compute the cross section for DM annihilation to nearby excited states, mediated by exchange of a new light gauge boson with off-diagonal couplings to the DM states. In models where both excited states must be heavy enough to decay into e^+ e^- and the ground state, the predicted rate of positron production is never large enough to agree with observations, unless one makes extreme assumptions about the local circular velocity in the Milky Way, or alternatively if there exists a metastable population of DM states which can be excited through a mass gap of less than 650 keV, before decaying into electrons and positrons.
Chen Fangpei
Cline James M.
Fradette Anthony
Frey Andrew R.
Rabideau Charles
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