Updated constraints on velocity and momentum-dependent asymmetric dark matter
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- 1 November 2016
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- Vol. 2016 (11), 007
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/11/007
Abstract
We present updated constraints on dark matter models with momentum-dependent or velocity-dependent interactions with nuclei, based on direct detection and solar physics. We improve our previous treatment of energy transport in the solar interior by dark matter scattering, leading to significant changes in fits to many observables. Based on solar physics alone, DM with a spin-independent q4 coupling provides the best fit to data, and a statistically satisfactory solution to the solar abundance problem. Once direct detection limits are accounted for however, the best solution is spin-dependent v2 scattering with a reference cross-section of 10−35 cm2 (at a reference velocity of v0=220 km s−1), and a dark matter mass of about 5 GeV.Keywords
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