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Relic density of wino-like dark matter in the MSSM
The relic density of TeV-scale wino-like neutralino dark matter in the MSSM
is subject to potentially large corrections as a result of the Sommerfeld
effect. A recently developed framework enables us to calculate the
Sommerfeld-enhanced relic density in general MSSM scenarios, properly treating
mixed states and multiple co-annihilating channels as well as including
off-diagonal contributions. Using this framework, including on-shell one-loop
mass splittings and running couplings and taking into account the latest
experimental constraints, we perform a thorough study of the regions of
parameter space surrounding the well known pure-wino scenario: namely the
effect of sfermion masses being non-decoupled and of allowing non-negligible
Higgsino or bino components in the lightest neutralino. We further perform an
investigation into the effect of thermal corrections and show that these can
safely be neglected. The results reveal a number of phenomenologically
interesting but so far unexplored regions where the Sommerfeld effect is
sizeable. We find, in particular, that the relic density can agree with
experiment for dominantly wino neutralino dark matter with masses ranging from
1.7 to beyond 4 TeV. In light of these results the bounds from Indirect
Detection on wino-like dark matter should be revisited.Comment: 49 pages, 15 figure
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Hepatitis C virus outbreak in a haemodialysis unit: learning from failures
The investigation of an outbreak of hepatitis C virus in an Italian haemodialysis (HD) centre showed that three patients acquired infection with the same strain, affecting a chronically hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patient receiving HD in the same room and during the same shifts. Through our observational analysis many possible modes of transmission were identified, but none could be definitively identified as the route of HCV spread in this small cluster. This outbreak confirms that repeated opportunities for nosocomial HCV transmission may occur among HD patients due to several breaches in the standard precautions for bloodborne infections by healthcare staff