The 3.5 keV X-ray line signal from decaying moduli with low cutoff scale [CL]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1403.1733


The recent unidentified 3.5 keV X-ray line signal can be explained by decaying moduli dark matter with a cutoff scale one order of magnitude smaller than the Planck scale. We show that such modulus field with the low cutoff scale follows a time-dependent potential minimum and its abundance is reduced by the adiabatic suppression mechanism. As a result the modulus abundance can naturally be consistent with the observed dark matter abundance without any fine-tuning of the initial oscillation amplitude.

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K. Nakayama, F. Takahashi and T. Yanagida
Mon, 10 Mar 14
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