Forbidden dark matter combusted around supermassive black hole
The forbidden dark matter cannot annihilate into a pair of heavier partners, either SM particles or its partners in the dark sector, at the late stage of cosmological evolution by definition. We point out the possibility of reactivating the forbidden annihilation channel around supermassive black ho...
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description | The forbidden dark matter cannot annihilate into a pair of heavier partners, either SM particles or its partners in the dark sector, at the late stage of cosmological evolution by definition. We point out the possibility of reactivating the forbidden annihilation channel around supermassive black holes. Being attracted towards a black hole, the forbidden dark matter is significantly accelerated to overcome the annihilation threshold. The subsequent decay of the annihilation products to photon leaves a unique signal around the black hole, which can serve as a smoking gun for the forbidden dark matter. For illustration, the Fermi-LAT data around Sgr A⁎ provides a preliminary constraint on the thermally averaged cross section of the reactivated forbidden annihilation that is consistent with the DM relic density requirement. |
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spelling | doaj.art-f50eeb9c73e94e668354d1e4204076b12023-11-26T05:11:34ZengElsevierPhysics Letters B0370-26932023-12-01847138294Forbidden dark matter combusted around supermassive black holeYu Cheng0Shao-Feng Ge1Xiao-Gang He2Jie Sheng3Tsung-Dao Lee Institute & School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China; Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MOE) & Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; Corresponding authors at: Tsung-Dao Lee Institute & School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.Tsung-Dao Lee Institute & School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China; Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MOE) & Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; Corresponding authors at: Tsung-Dao Lee Institute & School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.Tsung-Dao Lee Institute & School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China; Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MOE) & Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, TaiwanTsung-Dao Lee Institute & School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China; Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MOE) & Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaThe forbidden dark matter cannot annihilate into a pair of heavier partners, either SM particles or its partners in the dark sector, at the late stage of cosmological evolution by definition. We point out the possibility of reactivating the forbidden annihilation channel around supermassive black holes. Being attracted towards a black hole, the forbidden dark matter is significantly accelerated to overcome the annihilation threshold. The subsequent decay of the annihilation products to photon leaves a unique signal around the black hole, which can serve as a smoking gun for the forbidden dark matter. For illustration, the Fermi-LAT data around Sgr A⁎ provides a preliminary constraint on the thermally averaged cross section of the reactivated forbidden annihilation that is consistent with the DM relic density requirement.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269323006287 |
spellingShingle | Yu Cheng Shao-Feng Ge Xiao-Gang He Jie Sheng Forbidden dark matter combusted around supermassive black hole Physics Letters B |
title | Forbidden dark matter combusted around supermassive black hole |
title_full | Forbidden dark matter combusted around supermassive black hole |
title_fullStr | Forbidden dark matter combusted around supermassive black hole |
title_full_unstemmed | Forbidden dark matter combusted around supermassive black hole |
title_short | Forbidden dark matter combusted around supermassive black hole |
title_sort | forbidden dark matter combusted around supermassive black hole |
url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269323006287 |
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