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Weak corrections are relevant for dark matter indirect detection

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IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/03/019

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dark matter theory; dark matter experiments; cosmic ray theory; cosmic ray experiments

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  1. EU FP6 Marie Curie Research & Training Network UniverseNet [MRTN-CT-2006-035863]
  2. ESF [8499]
  3. [MTT8]

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The computation of the energy spectra of Standard Model particles originated from the annihilation/decay of dark matter particles is of primary importance in indirect searches of dark matter. We compute how the inclusion of electroweak corrections significantly alter such spectra when the mass M of dark matter particles is larger than the electroweak scale: soft electroweak gauge bosons are copiously radiated opening new channels in the final states which otherwise would be forbidden if such corrections are neglected. All stable particles are therefore present in the final spectrum, independently of the primary channel of dark matter annihilation/decay. Such corrections are model-independent.

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