Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter

Boyarsky, A.;Drewes, Marco;Lasserre, T.;Mertens, S.;Ruchayskiy, O.
(2019) Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics — Vol. 104, p. 1-45 (2019)

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  • Boyarsky, A.
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  • Drewes, MarcoUCLouvain
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  • Lasserre, T.
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  • Mertens, S.
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  • Ruchayskiy, O.
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Abstract
We review sterile neutrinos as possible Dark Matter candidates. After a short summary on the role of neutrinos in cosmology and particle physics, we give a comprehensive overview of the current status of the research on sterile neutrino Dark Matter. First we discuss the motivation and limits obtained through astrophysical observations. Second, we review different mechanisms of how sterile neutrino Dark Matter could have been produced in the early universe. Finally, we outline a selection of future laboratory searches for keV-scale sterile neutrinos, highlighting their experimental challenges and discovery potential.
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Boyarsky, A., Drewes, M., Lasserre, T., Mertens, S., & Ruchayskiy, O. (2019). Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter. Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 104, 1-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppnp.2018.07.004 (Original work published 2019)