Possible Indication of Momentum-Dependent Asymmetric Dark Matter in the Sun
Nov 24, 2014- Phys.Rev.Lett. 114 (2015) 8, 081302
- Published: Feb 26, 2015
- 1411.6626 [hep-ph]
- IPPP-14-103,
- DCPT-14-206
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Broad disagreement persists between helioseismological observables and predictions of solar models computed with the latest surface abundances. Here we show that most of these problems can be solved by the presence of asymmetric dark matter coupling to nucleons as the square of the momentum
- 5 pages, 2 figures, 1 table. v2: small revisions; accepted for publication in PRL
- 95.35.+d
- 26.65.+t
- 96.60.Ly
- model: solar
- dark matter: asymmetry
- asymmetry: momentum dependence
- dark matter: coupling
- dark matter: scattering
- dark matter: direct detection
- velocity: acoustic