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arxiv: 1404.1927 · v2 · pith:JJFGSRMLnew · submitted 2014-04-07 · ✦ hep-ph · astro-ph.HE· hep-th

Generating X-ray lines from annihilating dark matter

classification ✦ hep-ph astro-ph.HEhep-th
keywords darklinematterx-rayannihilatesannihilatingcouplingcouplings
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We propose different scenarios where a keV dark matter annihilates to produce a monochromatic signal. The process is generated through the exchange of a light scalar of mass of order 300 keV - 50 MeV coupling to photon through loops or higher dimensional operators. For natural values of the couplings and scales, the model can generate a gamma-ray line which can fit with the recently identified 3.5 keV X-ray line.

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