Cosmic e, p, γ and neutrino rays in leptocentric dark matter models

Abstract

Dark matter annihilation is one of the leading explanations for the recently observed e excesses in cosmic rays by PAMELA, ATIC, FERMI-LAT and HESS. Any dark matter annihilation model proposed to explain these data must also explain the fact that PAMELA data show excesses only in e spectrum but not in anti-proton. It is interesting to ask whether the annihilation mode into anti-proton is completely disallowed or only suppressed at low energies. Most models proposed have negligible anti-protons in all energy ranges. We show that the leptocentric U(1)B-3Li dark matter model can explain the e excesses with suppressed anti-proton mode at low energies, but at higher energies there are sizable anti-proton excesses. Near future data from PAMELA and AMS can provide crucial test for this type of models. Cosmic γ ray data can further rule out some of the models. We also show that this model has interesting cosmic neutrino signatures.

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