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arxiv: 1111.4523 · v2 · pith:AO5YFAM4new · submitted 2011-11-19 · ✦ hep-ph · astro-ph.HE· hep-ex

Bremsstrahlung in dark matter annihilation

classification ✦ hep-ph astro-ph.HEhep-ex
keywords fermionexchangedmajoranaparticlescalarannihilationcasescross
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We show that the energy spectra from dark matter (DM) annihilation into $f^+f^-\gamma$ (where $f$ is a light fermion) via chirality preserving interactions are identical in 3 scenarios: (a) DM is a Majorana fermion and the particle exchanged is a scalar, (b) DM is a Majorana fermion and the particle exchanged is a vector and (c) DM is a scalar and the particle exchanged is a fermion. For cases (a) and (c), we also calculate the differential cross section to $\ell^+f^-V$, where $V=W,Z,\gamma$, and $\ell$ is a light fermion that may or not be the same as $f$. The form of the cross section depends on whether the DM is a Majorana fermion or a scalar but in both cases its form is independent of $V$.

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