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Asymmetric WIMP Dark Matter in the presence of DM/anti-DM Oscillations

Authors :
Zaharijas, Gabrijela
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

The class of `Asymmetric Dark Matter' scenarios relies on the existence of a primordial particle/anti-particle asymmetry in the dark sector related to the baryon asymmetry as a way to address the observed similarity between the baryonic and dark matter energy densities today. Focusing on this framework we calculate the evolution of the dark matter relic abundance in the presence of particle/anti-particle oscillations. We show how oscillations re-open the parameter space of asymmetric dark matter models, in particular in the direction of allowing large (WIMP-scale) DM masses. Finally, we constrain the parameter space in this framework by applying up-to-date bounds from indirect detection signals on annihilating DM.<br />Comment: Invited talk at the '24th Rencontres de Blois: Particle Physics and Cosmology', to appear in the Conference Proceedings

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1212.6752
Document Type :
Working Paper