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Dark atoms and the positron-annihilation-line excess in the galactic bulge
Cudell, Jean-René; Khlopov, Maxim; Wallemacq, Quentin
2014In Advances in High Energy Physics, 2014
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Keywords :
Composite dark matter; Direct searches
Abstract :
[en] It was recently proposed that stable particles of charge -2, O^{--}, can exist and constitute dark matter after they bind with primordial helium in O-helium (OHe) atoms. We study here in details the possibility that this model provides an explanation for the excess of gamma radiation in the positron-annihilation line from the galactic bulge observed by INTEGRAL. This explanation assumes that OHe, excited to a 2s state through collisions in the central part of the Galaxy, de-excites to its ground state via an E0 transition, emitting an electron-positron pair. The cross section for OHe collisions with excitation to 2s level is calculated and it is shown that the rate of such excitations in the galactic bulge strongly depends not only on the mass of O-helium, which is determined by the mass of O^{--}, but also on the density and velocity distribution of dark matter. Given the astrophysical uncertainties on these distributions, this mechanism constrains the O^{--} mass to lie in two possible regions. One of these is reachable in the experimental searches for stable multicharged particles at the LHC.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Cudell, Jean-René  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Physique des astroparticules
Khlopov, Maxim
Wallemacq, Quentin ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Physique des astroparticules
Language :
English
Title :
Dark atoms and the positron-annihilation-line excess in the galactic bulge
Publication date :
25 February 2014
Journal title :
Advances in High Energy Physics
ISSN :
1687-7357
eISSN :
1687-7365
Publisher :
Hindawi Publishing Corporation, Egypt
Special issue title :
Dark Atoms and Dark Radiation
Volume :
2014
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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