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Cosmic abundances of SIMP dark matter

Journal of High Energy Physics, ISSN: 1029-8479, Vol: 2017, Issue: 4
2017
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  • Citations
    56
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  • Captures
    7

Article Description

Thermal production of light dark matter with sub-GeV scale mass can be attributed to 3 → 2 self-annihilation processes. We consider the thermal average for annihilation cross sections of dark matter at 3 → 2 and general higher-order interactions. A correct thermal average for initial dark matter particles is important, in particular, for annihilation cross sections with overall velocity dependence and/or resonance poles. We apply our general results to benchmark models for SIMP dark matter and discuss the effects of the resonance pole in determining the relic density.

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