Faint Light from Dark Matter: Classifying and Constraining Dark Matter-Photon Effective Operators
arXiv:1810.00033 · doi:10.1007/JHEP04(2019)089
Abstract
Even if Dark Matter (DM) is neutral under electromagnetism, it can still interact with the Standard Model (SM) via photon exchange from higher-dimensional operators. Here we classify the general effective operators coupling DM to photons, distinguishing between Dirac/Majorana fermion and complex/real scalar DM. We provide model-independent constraints on these operators from direct and indirect detection. We also constrain various DM-lepton operators, which induce DM-photon interactions via RG running or which typically arise in sensible UV-completions. This provides a simple way to quickly assess constraints on any DM model that interacts mainly via photon exchange or couples to SM leptons.
arXiv comment32 pages + appendices, 9 + 1 figures, 2 + 1 tables. v2: some clarifications and references added; conclusions unchanged; version published in JHEP
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