Evaporation and scattering of momentum- and velocity-dependent dark matter in the Sun
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Author(s)
Busoni, G
De Simone, A
Scott, P
Vincent, AC
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Dark matter with momentum- or velocity-dependent interactions with nuclei has shown significant promise for explaining the so-called Solar Abundance Problem, a longstanding discrepancy between solar spectroscopy and helioseismology. The best-fit models are all rather light, typically with masses in the range of 3–5 GeV. This is exactly the mass range where dark matter evaporation from the Sun can be important, but to date no detailed calculation of the evaporation of such models has been performed. Here we carry out this calculation, for the first time including arbitrary velocity- and momentum-dependent interactions, thermal effects, and a completely general treatment valid from the optically thin limit all the way through to the optically thick regime. We find that depending on the dark matter mass, interaction strength and type, the mass below which evaporation is relevant can vary from 1 to 4 GeV. This has the effect of weakening some of the better-fitting solutions to the Solar Abundance Problem, but also improving a number of others. As a by-product, we also provide an improved derivation of the capture rate that takes into account thermal and optical depth effects, allowing the standard result to be smoothly matched to the well-known saturation limit.
Date Issued
2017-10-23
Date Acceptance
2017-10-02
Citation
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS, 2017, 2017 (10)
ISSN
1475-7516
Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
Journal / Book Title
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
Volume
2017
Issue
10
Copyright Statement
© 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab. This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The definitive publisher authenticated version is available online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2017/10/037
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
dark matter theory
dark matter experiments
MASSIVE PARTICLES
ENERGY-TRANSPORT
SOLAR MODELS
ABUNDANCE
SEARCH
hep-ph
astro-ph.CO
0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences
0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle And Plasma Physics
Nuclear & Particles Physics
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 037