Probing multicomponent FIMP scenarios with gamma-ray telescopes

preprint2019arXivOpen access

Abstract

We consider a scenario where the dark sector includes two Feebly Interacting Massive Particles (FIMPs), with couplings to the Standard Model particles that allow their production in the Early Universe via thermal freeze-in. These couplings generically lead to the decay of the heavier dark matter component into the lighter, possibly leading to observable signals of the otherwise elusive FIMPs. Concretely, we argue that the loop induced decay ψ2→ψ1γψ_2\rightarrowψ_1γ for fermionic FIMPs, or ϕ2→ϕ1γγϕ_2\rightarrowϕ_1γγ for scalar FIMPs, could have detectable rates for model parameters compatible with the observed dark matter abundance.

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