Dark matter-neutrino interactions through the lens of their cosmological implications

Olivares-Del Campo, Andrés; Bœhm, Céline; Palomares-Ruiz, Sergio; Pascoli, Silvia

doi:10.1103/physrevd.97.075039

Dark matter-neutrino interactions through the lens of their cosmological implications

Olivares-Del Campo, Andrés; Bœhm, Céline; Palomares-Ruiz, Sergio; Pascoli, Silvia

Authors

Andrés Olivares-Del Campo

Céline Bœhm

Sergio Palomares-Ruiz

Professor Silvia Pascoli silvia.pascoli@durham.ac.uk
Visiting Professor

Abstract

Dark matter and neutrinos provide the two most compelling pieces of evidence for new physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics, but they are often treated as two different sectors. The aim of this paper is to determine whether there are viable particle physics frameworks in which dark matter can be coupled to active neutrinos. We use a simplified model approach to determine all possible scenarios where there is such a coupling and study their astrophysical and cosmological signatures. We find that dark matter–neutrino interactions have an impact on structure formation and lead to indirect detection signatures when the coupling between dark matter and neutrinos is sufficiently large. This can be used to exclude a large fraction of the parameter space. In most cases, dark matter masses up to a few MeV and mediator masses up to a few GeV are ruled out. The exclusion region can be further extended when dark matter is coupled to a spin-1 mediator or when the dark matter particle and the mediator are degenerate in mass if the mediator is a spin-0 or spin-1/2 particle.

Citation

Olivares-Del Campo, A., Bœhm, C., Palomares-Ruiz, S., & Pascoli, S. (2018). Dark matter-neutrino interactions through the lens of their cosmological implications. Physical Review D, 97(7), Article 075039. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.97.075039

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Dec 9, 2017
Online Publication Date	Apr 30, 2018
Publication Date	Apr 30, 2018
Deposit Date	May 24, 2018
Publicly Available Date	May 24, 2018
Journal	Physical Review D
Print ISSN	2470-0010
Electronic ISSN	2470-0029
Publisher	American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	97
Issue	7
Article Number	075039
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.97.075039

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