Confronting the Galactic 511 keV emission with B-L gauge boson dark matter

B - L gauge symmetry is motivated by the successful generation of the seesaw mechanism and leptogenesis. We show that if the B - L gauge boson constitutes a small fraction of dark matter (DM) it can explain the Galactic 511 keV emission via decay into an electron-positron pair. We find the model parameter space that is consistent with the seesaw mechanism, is cosmologically viable, and accounts for the amplitude of the Galactic positron line. From this parameter space, we derive an upper bound on the gauge boson mass and a bound on the positron injection energy less than or similar to 3 MeV. This derived energy bound is consistent with the observational upper limit of the injection energy. The resultant model predicts the B - L breaking scale to be in a relatively narrow range, i.e., VB-L similar to 1015-1016 GeV, which is consistent with a grand unification scale seesaw mechanism. The model is consistent in several phenomenologies, suggesting that they have a common origin in B - L symmetry breaking.

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This study investigates the possibility of the B - L gauge boson as a fraction of dark matter and its implications in explaining the Galactic 511 keV emission, cosmological viability, and consistency with the seesaw mechanism. The results suggest the importance of this model in understanding various phenomena related to B - L symmetry breaking.