http://arxiv.org/abs/1608.05443
The WIMPs are considered one of the most favorable dark matter (DM) candidates, but as the upper bound on the interaction between DM and standard model (SM) particles obtained by the upgraded facilities for direct detection of DM gets lower and lower. Researchers turn their attention to search for less massive DM candidates, i.e. light dark matter of MeV scale. The recently measured anomalous transition in $^8$Be suggests that there exists a vectorial boson which may mediate the interaction between DM and SM particles. Based on this scenario, we combine the relevant cosmological data to constrain the mass range of DM, and have found that there exists a model parameter space where the requirements are satisfied, a range of $10.4 \lesssim m_{\phi} \lesssim 16.7 $ MeV for scalar DM, and $13.6 \lesssim m_{V} \lesssim 16.7$ MeV for vectorial DM is demanded. Then a possibility of directly detecting such light DM particles at the earth detector via the DM-electron scattering is briefly studied in this framework.
L. Jia and X. Li
Mon, 22 Aug 2016
5/40
Comments: 13 Pages, 7 figures