Axion dark matter from lepton flavor-violating decays

Autor: Paolo Panci, Diego Redigolo, Thomas Schwetz, Robert Ziegler
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Physics Letters B, Vol 841, Iss , Pp 137919- (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0370-2693
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2023.137919
Popis: We propose simple scenarios where lepton flavor-violating couplings generate the observed dark matter abundance through freeze-in of an axion-like particle with mass in the few keV range. Compared to flavor-diagonal freeze-in, this mechanism enhances dark matter stability, softens stellar cooling constraints and improves the experimental sensitivity of accelerator-based searches. These scenarios can be tested by future X-ray telescopes, and in some cases will be almost entirely probed by new searches for lepton flavor violation at high-intensity experiments such as Mu3e and MEG II.
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