Radiatively decaying scalar dark matter through U(1) mixings and the Fermi 130 GeV gamma-ray line

TL;DR

This paper proposes a scalar dark matter model that decays into photons via U(1) mixing, explaining the Fermi-LAT 130 GeV gamma-ray line without dangerous standard model decays.

Contribution

It introduces a hidden sector scalar dark matter model with radiative decay into photons mediated by U(1) mixing, fitting the gamma-ray line observation.

Findings

Model explains the 130 GeV gamma-ray line.

Decay width matches Fermi-LAT data.

No dangerous decays into standard model particles.

Abstract

In light of the recent observation of the Fermi-LAT 130 GeV gamma-ray line, we suggest a model of scalar dark matter in hidden sector, which can decay into two (hidden) photons. The process is radiatively induced by a GUT scale fermion in the loop, which is charged under a hidden sector U(1), and the kinetic mixing ($\sim \epsilon F^{\mu\nu}F'_{\mu\nu}$) enables us to fit the required decay width for the Fermi-LAT peak. The model does not allow any dangerous decay channels into light standard model particles.