Sommerfeld enhancement of resonant dark matter annihilation

The dark matter annihilation cross section can be amplified by orders of magnitude if the annihilation occurs into a narrow resonance, or if the dark-matter particles experience a long-range force before annihilation (Sommerfeld effect). We show that when both enhancements are present they factorize...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2023-09
Main Authors: Beneke, Martin, Lederer, Stefan, Urban, Kai
Format: Article
Language:English
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Dark matter
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Summary:The dark matter annihilation cross section can be amplified by orders of magnitude if the annihilation occurs into a narrow resonance, or if the dark-matter particles experience a long-range force before annihilation (Sommerfeld effect). We show that when both enhancements are present they factorize completely, that is, all long-distance non-factorizable effects cancel at leading order in the small-velocity and narrow-width expansion. We then investigate the viability of ``super-resonant'' annihilation from the coaction of both mechanisms in Standard Model Higgs portal and simplified MSSM-inspired dark-matter scenarios.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2209.14343