Neutrinophilic super-resonant dark matter
Dark matter (DM) annihilation can be significantly enhanced through narrow resonances or the Sommerfeld enhancement effect, with both mechanisms potentially combining in a super-resonant annihilation process. In such scenarios, the conventional assumption that kinetic equilibrium persists until chemical decoupling may not hold, leading to substantial impacts on the final DM relic density. However, a strongly enhanced annihilation cross section into Standard Model particles, except neutrinos, is constrained by cosmic microwave background observations. We thus investigate DM annihilation into neutrino pair final states, focusing on the role of kinetic decoupling. We solve the coupled Boltzmann equations to determine the relic density and constrain the parameter space using current experimental data, while also forecasting the sensitivity of future experiments.
Authors
- S. M. Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7051-9283)
- Kadirya Tursun
- Murat Abdughani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2470-6908)
- Bin Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5478-1426)
Institutions
- Yantai University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory (CN)
- Xinjiang University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2025-11-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/ft2b-6y3d
- Primary Topic
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Natural Science Foundation of Xinjiang