Abstract
We study the possibility that dark radiation, sourced through the decay of dark matter in the late Universe, carries electromagnetic interactions. The relativistic flux of particles induces recoil signals in direct detection and neutrino experiments through its interaction with millicharge, electric/magnetic dipole moments, or anapole moment/charge radius. Taking the DM lifetime as 35 times the age of the Universe, as currently cosmologically allowed, we show that direct detection (neutrino) experiments have complementary sensitivity down to ϵ∼10-11 (10-12), dχ/μχ∼10-9μB (10-13μB), and aχ/bχ∼10-2 GeV-2 (10-8 GeV-2) on the respective couplings. Finally, we show that such dark radiation can lead to a satisfactory explanation of the recently observed XENON1T excess in the electron recoil signal without being in conflict with other bounds.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 115030 |
| Journal | Physical Review D |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The work of J.-L. K. was supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF under the Doctoral Program W1252-N27 Particles and Interactions. The work of J. P. was supported by the New Frontiers program of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The work of M. P. was supported in part by U.S. Department of Energy (Grant No. desc0011842). We acknowledge the use of computer packages for algebraic calculations .
Funding Information:
The work of J.-L.K. was supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF under the Doctoral Program W1252-N27 Particles and Interactions. The work of J.P. was supported by the New Frontiers program of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The work of M.P. was supported in part by U.S. Department of Energy (Grant No. desc0011842). We acknowledge the use of computer packages for algebraic calculations [87,88].
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