On the offset of the DM cusp and the interpretation of the 130 GeV line as a DM signal

We show that the cusp in the dark matter (DM) distribution required to explain the recently found excess in the gamma-ray spectrum at energies ~130 GeV in terms of the DM annihilations cannot survive the tidal forces if it is offset by ~1.5^\circ from the Galactic centre as suggested by observations.Comment: 3 pages, replaced with journal versio

On sgoldstino interpretation of HyperCP events

We discuss possible sgoldstino interpretation of the observation, reported by HyperCP collaboration, of three $\Sigma^+\to p\mu^+\mu^-$ decay events with dimuon invariant mass 214.3 MeV within detector resolution. We find that this interpretation is consistent in models with (i) parity conservation in sgoldstino interactions, (ii) pseudoscalar sgoldstino $P$ of mass 214 MeV and heavier scalar sgoldstino, and (iii) low supersymmetry breaking scale, \sqrt{F} = 2.5-60 TeV. In these models, sgoldstino can be observed in decays $K^+\to\pi^+\pi^0 P$, $K_L\to\pi\pi P$ and $K_S\to\pi\pi P$ at the branching ratios of at least of order 10^{-12}, 10^{-8} and 10^{-11}, respectively. The model can be probed also at e^+e^- colliders in the channels $e^+e^-\to\gamma P$ and $e^+e^-\to e^+e^-P$, where the cross section is likely to be in the range 1 pb - 5 ab.Comment: 14 pages, 1 figure; v2: replaced with journal version, predictions for kaons refine

Scale-invariance as the origin of dark radiation?

Recent cosmological data favour R^2-inflation and some amount of non-standard dark radiation in the Universe. We show that a framework of high energy scale invariance can explain these data. The spontaneous breaking of this symmetry provides gravity with the Planck mass and particle physics with the electroweak scale. We found that the corresponding massless Nambu--Goldstone bosons -- dilatons -- are produced at reheating by the inflaton decay right at the amount needed to explain primordial abundances of light chemical elements and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background. Then we extended the discussion on the interplay with Higgs-inflation and on general class of inflationary models where dilatons are allowed and may form the dark radiation. As a result we put a lower limit on the reheating temperature in a general scale invariant model of inflation.Comment: 15 pages, 4 figures; v2: replaced with revised version recently publishe