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arxiv: 0810.5167 · v3 · pith:IGZWJHOLnew · submitted 2008-10-29 · ✦ hep-ph · astro-ph

Slightly Non-Minimal Dark Matter in PAMELA and ATIC

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keywords modelaticdarkearlymatterpamelasurplusallows
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We present a simple model in which dark matter couples to the standard model through a light scalar intermediary that is itself unstable. We find this model has several notable features, and allows a natural explanation for a surplus of positrons, but no surplus of anti-protons, as has been suggested by early data from PAMELA and ATIC. Moreover, this model yields a very small nucleon coupling, well below the direct detection limits. In this paper we explore the effect of this model in both the early universe and in the galaxy.

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