Saha equilibrium for metastable bound states and dark matter freeze-out
The formation and decay of metastable bound states can significantly decrease the thermal-relic dark matter density, particularly for dark matter masses around and above the TeV scale. Incorporating bound-state effects in the dark matter thermal decoupling requires in principle a set of coupled Bolt...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-10-01
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| Series: | Physics Letters B |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269322004579 |