Weak corrections to Minimal Dark Matter annihilations
Abstract
We compute the one-loop weak corrections to the annihilation cross sections of fermionic Minimal Dark Matter multiplets. Infrared divergences cancel in the dominant s-wave combination relevant for the thermal relic abundance. Instead, infrared-enhanced corrections affect velocity-suppressed rates, through a Sudakov/Sommerfeld interplay. The corrections grow with the multiplet size and are at the 5\% level in the most motivated cases: the Higgsino-like doublet, the wino-like triplet, the stable quintuplet.
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