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A White Paper on keV sterile neutrino dark matter

A White Paper on keV sterile neutrino dark matter
A White Paper on keV sterile neutrino dark matter
We present a comprehensive review of keV-scale sterile neutrino Dark Matter, collecting views and insights from all disciplines involved—cosmology, astrophysics, nuclear, and particle physics—in each case viewed from both theoretical and experimental/observational perspectives. After reviewing the role of active neutrinos in particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology, we focus on sterile neutrinos in the context of the Dark Matter puzzle. Here, we first review the physics motivation for sterile neutrino Dark Matter, based on challenges and tensions in purely cold Dark Matter scenarios. We then round out the discussion by critically summarizing all known constraints on sterile neutrino Dark Matter arising from astrophysical observations, laboratory experiments, and theoretical considerations. In this context, we provide a balanced discourse on the possibly positive signal from X-ray observations. Another focus of the paper concerns the construction of particle physics models, aiming to explain how sterile neutrinos of keV-scale masses could arise in concrete settings beyond the Standard Model of elementary particle physics. The paper ends with an extensive review of current and future astrophysical and laboratory searches, highlighting new ideas and their experimental challenges, as well as future perspectives for the discovery of sterile neutrinos.
hep-ph, astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.GA, hep-ex
1475-7516
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et al.
White Paper on keV Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter collaboration
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Adhikari, R., Agostini, M., Ky, N. Anh, Di Bari, P. and Shankar, F. , et al. and White Paper on keV Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter collaboration (2017) A White Paper on keV sterile neutrino dark matter. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2017 (1), [025]. (doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2017/01/025).

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We present a comprehensive review of keV-scale sterile neutrino Dark Matter, collecting views and insights from all disciplines involved—cosmology, astrophysics, nuclear, and particle physics—in each case viewed from both theoretical and experimental/observational perspectives. After reviewing the role of active neutrinos in particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology, we focus on sterile neutrinos in the context of the Dark Matter puzzle. Here, we first review the physics motivation for sterile neutrino Dark Matter, based on challenges and tensions in purely cold Dark Matter scenarios. We then round out the discussion by critically summarizing all known constraints on sterile neutrino Dark Matter arising from astrophysical observations, laboratory experiments, and theoretical considerations. In this context, we provide a balanced discourse on the possibly positive signal from X-ray observations. Another focus of the paper concerns the construction of particle physics models, aiming to explain how sterile neutrinos of keV-scale masses could arise in concrete settings beyond the Standard Model of elementary particle physics. The paper ends with an extensive review of current and future astrophysical and laboratory searches, highlighting new ideas and their experimental challenges, as well as future perspectives for the discovery of sterile neutrinos.

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Accepted/In Press date: 26 October 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 13 January 2017
Published date: 13 January 2017
Additional Information: Over 100 authors from several different communities
Keywords: hep-ph, astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.GA, hep-ex
Organisations: Astronomy Group

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Local EPrints ID: 411967
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/411967
ISSN: 1475-7516
PURE UUID: 3f3dbe97-e268-492f-a018-8f24997f6069

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Last modified: 13 Jul 2024 04:01

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Author: R. Adhikari
Author: M. Agostini
Author: N. Anh Ky
Author: T. Araki
Author: M. Archidiacono
Author: M. Bahr
Author: J. Baur
Author: J. Behrens
Author: F. Bezrukov
Author: P. S. Bhupal Dev
Author: D. Borah
Author: A. Boyarsky
Author: A. de Gouvea
Author: C. A. de S. Pires
Author: H. J. de Vega
Author: A. G. Dias
Author: P. Di Bari
Author: Z. Djurcic
Author: K. Dolde
Author: H. Dorrer
Author: M. Durero
Author: O. Dragoun
Author: M. Drewes
Author: G. Drexlin
Author: Ch E. Düllmann
Author: K. Eberhardt
Author: S. Eliseev
Author: C. Enss
Author: A. Faessler
Author: P. Filianin
Author: V. Fischer
Author: A. Fleischmann
Author: J. A. Formaggio
Author: J. Franse
Author: F. M. Fraenkle
Author: C. S. Frenk
Author: G. Fuller
Author: L. Gastaldo
Author: A. Garzilli
Author: C. Giunti
Author: F. Glück
Author: M. C. Goodman
Author: M. C. Gonzalez-Garcia
Author: D. Gorbunov
Author: J. Hamann
Author: V. Hannen
Author: S. Hannestad
Author: S. H. Hansen
Author: A. Merle
Author: F. Shankar
Corporate Author: et al.
Corporate Author: White Paper on keV Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter collaboration

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