Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2006-03-09
Phys.Rev. D74 (2006) 035002
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
22 pages, 9 figures. v3: a typo in Eq. (7) corrected. The rest of the paper is completely unaffected
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.74.035002
The introduction of T parity dramatically improves the consistency of Little Higgs models with precision electroweak data, and renders the lightest T-odd particle (LTP) stable. In the Littlest Higgs model with T parity, the LTP is typically the T-odd heavy photon, which is weakly interacting and can play the role of dark matter. We analyze the relic abundance of the heavy photon, including its coannihilations with other T-odd particles, and map out the regions of the parameter space where it can account for the observed dark matter. We evaluate the prospects for direct and indirect discovery of the heavy photon dark matter. The direct detection rates are quite low and a substantial improvement in experimental sensitivity would be required for observation. A substantial flux of energetic gamma rays is produced in the annihilation of the heavy photons in the galactic halo. This flux can be observed by the GLAST telescope, and, if the distribution of dark matter in the halo is favorable, by ground-based telescope arrays such as VERITAS and HESS.
Birkedal Andreas
Noble Andrew
Perelstein Maxim
Spray Andrew
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