Loop dominated signals from neutrino portal dark matter

Abstract

We study scenarios where loop processes give the dominant contributions to dark matter decay or annihilation despite the presence of tree-level channels. We illustrate this possibility in a specific model where dark matter is part of a hidden sector that communicates with the Standard Model sector via a heavy neutrino portal. We explain the underpinning rationale for how loop processes mediated by the portal neutrinos can parametrically dominate over tree-level decay channels, and we demonstrate that this qualitatively changes the indirect detection signals in positrons, neutrinos, and gamma rays.

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