Resonant Dark Matter

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2009-09-16

arxiv.org/abs/0909.2900v2

JHEP 0911:052,2009

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

19 pages, 6 figures, 1 table; References added, minor typos corrected, final version in JHEP

Scientific paper

10.1088/1126-6708/2009/11/052

It is usually assumed that dark matter direct detection is sensitive to a large fraction of the dark matter (DM) velocity distribution. We propose an alternative form of dark matter-nucleus scattering which only probes a narrow range of DM velocities due to the existence of a resonance, a DM-nucleus bound state, in the scattering - resonant dark matter (rDM). The scattering cross section becomes highly element dependent, has increased modulation and as a result can explain the DAMA/LIBRA results whilst not being in conflict with other direct detection experiments. We describe a simple model that realizes the dynamics of rDM, where the DM is the neutral component of a fermionic weak triplet whose charged partners differ in mass by approximately 10 MeV.

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