Galactic 511 keV line from MeV millicharged dark matter
- 3 June 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 77 (12) , 123503
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.77.123503
Abstract
We present a possible explanation of the recently observed 511 keV -ray anomaly with a new “millicharged” fermion. The new fermion is light [] but has never been observed by any collider experiments mainly because of its tiny electromagnetic charge . We show that constraints from its relic density in the Universe and collider experiments allow a parameter range such that the 511 keV cosmic -ray emission from the galactic bulge may be due to positron production from this millicharged fermion.
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