Constraints on light dark matter and bosons, from , , , , and decays
- 27 September 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 74 (5) , 054034
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.74.054034
Abstract
Following searches for photinos and very light gravitinos in invisible decays of and , we discuss new limits on Light Dark Matter and bosons, from and decays, as well as rare decays of and invisible decays of , and . The new limits involving the vector couplings of the to quarks turn out, not surprisingly, to be much less restrictive than existing ones on axial couplings, from an axionlike behavior of a light boson, tested in , and decays (or as compared to the limit from parity-violation in atomic physics, in the presence of an axial coupling to the electron). Altogether the hypothesis of light bosons, and light dark matter particles, remains compatible with particle physics constraints, while allowing for the appropriate annihilation cross sections required, both at freeze-out (for the relic abundance) and nowadays (if from LDM annihilations are at the origin of the 511 keV line from the galactic bulge).
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