Abstract

We investigate a simplified freeze-in dark-matter model in which the dark matter only interacts with the standard-model neutrinos via a light scalar. The extremely small coupling for the freeze-in mechanism is naturally realized in several neutrino-portal scenarios with the secret neutrino interactions. We study possible evolution history of the hidden sector: the dark sector would undergo pure freeze-in production if the interactions between the dark-sector particles are negligible, while thermal equilibrium within the dark sector could occur if the reannihilation of the dark matter and the scalar mediator is rapid enough. We investigate the relic abundance in the freeze-in and dark freeze-out regimes, calculate evolution of the dark temperature, and study its phenomenological aspects on BBN and CMB constraints, the indirect-detection signature, as well as the potential to solve the small scale structure problem.

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Title
Freeze-in dark matter from secret neutrino interactions
Author
Du, Yong 1 ; Huang, Fei 2 ; Hao-Lin, Li 3 ; Jiang-Hao, Yu 4 

 Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Beijing, China (GRID:grid.9227.e) (ISNI:0000000119573309); University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions, Physics Department, Amherst, USA (GRID:grid.266683.f) (ISNI:0000 0001 2184 9220) 
 Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Beijing, China (GRID:grid.9227.e) (ISNI:0000000119573309); University of California, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Irvine, USA (GRID:grid.266093.8) (ISNI:0000 0001 0668 7243) 
 Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Beijing, China (GRID:grid.9227.e) (ISNI:0000000119573309) 
 Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Beijing, China (GRID:grid.9227.e) (ISNI:0000000119573309); University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, School of Physical Sciences, Beijing, China (GRID:grid.410726.6) (ISNI:0000 0004 1797 8419); University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, School of Fundamental Physics and Mathematical Sciences, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, China (GRID:grid.410726.6) (ISNI:0000 0004 1797 8419); International Centre for Theoretical Physics Asia-Pacific, Beijing, China (GRID:grid.410726.6) 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
Dec 2020
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
e-ISSN
10298479
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2474583222
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2021. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.