Dark matter spectra from the electroweak to the Planck scale

@article{Bauer2020DarkMS,
  title={Dark matter spectra from the electroweak to the Planck scale},
  author={Christian W. Bauer and Nicholas L. Rodd and Bryan R Webber},
  journal={arXiv: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology},
  year={2020}
}
We compute the decay spectrum for dark matter (DM) with masses above the scale of electroweak symmetry breaking, all the way to the Planck scale. For an arbitrary hard process involving a decay to the unbroken standard model, we determine the prompt distribution of stable states including photons, neutrinos, positrons, and antiprotons. These spectra are a crucial ingredient in the search for DM via indirect detection at the highest energies as being probed in current and upcoming experiments… 
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