Regenerating WIMPs in the light of direct and indirect detection
arXiv:1204.3727 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.86.055018
Abstract
There are several ways to explain the dark matter relic density other than by the ordinary freeze-out scenario. For example, the freeze-in mechanism may constitute an alternative for generating the correct relic density for dark matter candidates whose predicted freeze-out abundance is too low due to a large total annihilation cross section. Here we show that although such a mechanism could explain why a dark matter candidate has the correct relic density, some candidates may still be ruled out because they would lead to a large gamma ray flux in dwarf spheroidal galaxies or a large elastic scattering rate in direct detection experiments. To investigate this scenario we examine neutralino dark matter in the MSSM. However our conclusions can be generalised to other types of annihilating DM candidates with a low relic density in the freeze-out scenario but which have their relic densities generated by some other mechanism.
arXiv comment10 pages, 5 figures
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