Scattering of nucleons on cold-dark-matter particles through photonic portal

Abstract

In the model of hidden sector proposed recently, protons and neutrons scatter differently on cold-dark-matter particles. First, we summarize briefly our model based on a mechanism of "photonic portal" between hidden and Standard-Model sectors of the Universe. Then, we calculate in an elementary way the differential cross-sections for scattering of protons and neutrons on sterile Dirac fermions ("sterinos") playing the role of cold-dark-matter particles. They interact with nucleons through the photonic portal in a somewhat involved but natural manner. Due to this portal, the differential cross-section for protons displays a Coulomb-like forward singularity.