Direct Detection of Dark Matter with Resonant Annihilation

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2015-07-17
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Inthescenariowherethedarkmatter(DM)particlesχχˉpairannihilatethrougharesonanceparticleR,theconstraintfromDMrelicdensitymakesthecorrespondingcrosssectionforDM-nucleielasticscatteringextremelysmall,andcanbebelowtheneutrinobackgroundinducedbythecoherentneutrino-nucleiscattering,whichmakestheDMparticlebeyondthereachoftheconventionalDMdirectdetectionexperiments.WepresentanimprovedanalyticalcalculationoftheDMrelicdensityinthecaseofresonantDMannihilationfors-andp-wavecasesandinvesitgatetheconditionfortheDM-nucleiscatteringcrosssectiontobeabovetheneutrinobackground.WeshowthatinHiggs-portaltypemodels,forDMparticleswiths-waveannihilation,thespin-independentDM-nucleusscatteringcrosssectionisproportionaltoΓR/mR,theratioofthedecaywidthandthemassofR.ForatypicalDMparticlemass~50GeV,theconditionleadstoΓR/mR≥O(10-4).Inp-waveannihilationcase,thespin-independentscatteringcrosssectionisinsensitivetoΓR/mR,andisalwaysabovetheneutrinobackground,aslongastheDMparticleislighterthanthetopquark.TherealsingletDMmodelisdiscussedasaconcreteexample.