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来自宇宙微波背景的辐射暗物质衰变的限制

Contraints on radiative dark-matter decay from the cosmic microwave background

Le Zhang, Xuelei Chen, Marc Kamionkowski, Zongguo Si, Zheng Zheng

摘要:

如果暗物质衰变为电磁相互作用的粒子,它可以将能量注入重子气体,从而影响复合和再电离的过程。这在宇宙微波背景(CMB)上留下了印记:大尺度极化增强,小尺度温度波动减弱。我们使用WMAP三年的数据结合星系巡天来约束辐射衰减的暗物质。我们对暗物质衰变宽度的新限制比以前的限制强十倍。对于超过宇宙年龄的暗物质寿命,导出了$ζΓ_χ < 1.7 \times 10^{-25} s^{-1}$(95%CL)的极限,其中$ζ$是将衰变能转换为电离能的效率。与宇宙年龄相比,寿命短的极限也得到了。我们预测普朗克卫星会带来改进。

英文摘要:

If dark matter decays to electromagnetically-interacting particles, it can inject energy into the baryonic gas and thus affect the processes of recombination and reionization. This leaves an imprint on the cosmic microwave background (CMB): the large-scale polarization is enhanced, and the small-scale temperature fluctuation is damped. We use the WMAP three-year data combined with galaxy surveys to constrain radiatively decaying dark matter. Our new limits to the dark-matter decay width are about ten times stronger than previous limits. For dark-matter lifetimes that exceed the age of the Universe, a limit of $ζΓ_χ < 1.7 \times 10^{-25} s^{-1}$ (95% CL) is derived, where $ζ$ is the efficiency of converting decay energy into ionization energy. Limits for lifetimes short compared with the age of the Universe are also derived. We forecast improvements expected from the Planck satellite.

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