25 July 2007 to 1 August 2007
Karlsruhe University
Europe/Zurich timezone

Hidden fermion as milli-charged dark matter in Stueckelberg Z' model

31 Jul 2007, 14:40
20m
Small Auditorium B (Karlsruhe University)

Small Auditorium B

Karlsruhe University

Wolfgang-Gaede-Str. 1 76131 Karlsruhe Germany
Parallel Talk Alternatives Alternatives 6

Speaker

Dr Tzu-Chiang Yuan (National Tsing Hua University)

Description

The hidden Stueckelberg Z' model is augmented by a pair of Dirac fermions. We show that this hidden fermion-antifermion pair could be a milli-charged dark matter candidate with a viable relic density. Existing terrestrial and astrophysical searches on milli-charged particles do not place severe constraints on this hidden fermion. We calculate the flux of monochromatic photons coming from the Galactic center due to pair annihilation of these milli-charged particles and show that it is within reach of the next generation gamma-ray experiments. The characteristic signature of this theoretical endeavor is that the Stueckelberg Z' boson has a large invisible width decaying into the hidden fermion-antifermion pair. We show that existing Drell-Yan data do not constrain this model yet. Various channels of singly production of this Z' boson at the LHC and ILC are explored.

Authors

Prof. Kingman Cheung (National Tsing Hua University) Dr Tzu-Chiang Yuan (National Tsing Hua University)

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