Interpretation of XENON1T excess with MeV boosted dark matter |
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Authors: | Lian-Bao Jia Tong Li |
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Institution: | 1. School of Science, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China2. School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China |
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Abstract: | The XENON1T excess of keV electron recoil events may be induced by the scattering of electrons and long-lived particles with an MeV mass and high speed. We consider a tangible model composed of two scalar MeV dark matter (DM) particles, \begin{document}$ S_A $\end{document}![]() and \begin{document}$ S_B $\end{document}![]() , to interpret the XENON1T keV excess via boosted \begin{document}$ S_B $\end{document}![]() . A small mass splitting \begin{document}$ m_{S_A}-m_{S_B}>0 $\end{document}![]() is introduced, and the boosted \begin{document}$ S_B $\end{document}![]() can be produced using the dark annihilation process of \begin{document}$ S_A S_A^\dagger \to \phi \to S_B S_B^\dagger $\end{document}![]() via a resonant scalar ?. \begin{document}$ S_B- $\end{document}![]() electron scattering is intermediated by a vector boson X. Although the constraints from Big Bang nucleosynthesis, cosmic microwave background (CMB), and low-energy experiments set the \begin{document}$ X- $\end{document}![]() mediated \begin{document}$ S_B- $\end{document}![]() electron scattering cross section to be \begin{document}$ \lesssim 10^{-35} \mathrm{cm}^2 $\end{document}![]() , the MeV scale DM with a resonance enhanced dark annihilation today can still provide sufficient boosted \begin{document}$ S_B $\end{document}![]() and induce the XENON1T keV excess. The relic density of \begin{document}$ S_B $\end{document}![]() is significantly reduced by the s-wave process \begin{document}$ S_B S_B^\dagger \to X X $\end{document}![]() , which is permitted by the constraints from CMB and 21-cm absorption. A very small relic fraction of \begin{document}$ S_B $\end{document}![]() is compatible with the stringent bounds on un-boosted \begin{document}$ S_B $\end{document}![]() -electron scattering in DM direct detection, and the \begin{document}$ S_A $\end{document}![]() -electron scattering is also allowed. |
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Keywords: | boosted dark matter XENON1T excess dark matter direct detection |
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