Indirect detection constraints on a p-wave model through an s-wave bremsstrahlung process

20 May 2019, 14:00
20m
Nueces Ballroom A (Omni Hotel)

Nueces Ballroom A

Omni Hotel

900 N Shoreline Blvd, Corpus Christi, TX 78401
Oral Dark Matter, Astroparticle Physics Dark Matter, Astroparticle Physics

Speaker

Steven Clark (Texas A&M University - College Station)

Description

Dark matter annihilation to a two-body final state is difficult to probe for many models because the dominate annihilation channel is velocity suppressed. The inclusion of gauge boson radiation in these models creates a three-body final state that lifts the suppression, allowing for a velocity-independent cross section that can dominate. This inclusion provides a means to investigate these types of models. We look at constraints that current indirect experiments can place on dark matter annihilation to two leptons plus a bremsstrahlung boson. In particular, we consider Fermi-LAT measurements for both its diffuse photon data as well as sourced from dwarf spheroidal galaxies. We also compare these results to constraints implied by current 21 cm measurements.

Primary author

Steven Clark (Texas A&M University - College Station)

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