Multicomponent dark matter from gauge symmetry

DOI10.1007/JHEP12(2016)081zbMATH Open1390.83431arXiv1611.00365OpenAlexW2546943680MaRDI QIDQ1636656FDOQ1636656

Authors: Giorgio Arcadi, Christian Gross, Oleg Lebedev, Y. Mambrini, S. Pokorski, Takashi Toma 

Publication date: 12 June 2018

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The composition of Dark Matter (DM) remains an important open question. The current data do not distinguish between single- and multi-component DM, while in theory constructions it is often assumed that DM is composed of a single field. In this work, we study a hidden sector which naturally entails multicomponent DM consisting of spin-1 and spin-0 states. This UV complete set-up is based on SU(3) hidden gauge symmetry with the minimal scalar field content to break it spontaneously. The presence of multiple DM components is a result of a residual Z_2 x Z'_2 symmetry which is part of an unbroken global U(1) x Z'_2 inherent in the Yang-Mills systems. We find that the model exhibits various parametric regimes with drastically different DM detection prospects. In particular, we find that the direct detection cross section is much suppressed in large regions of parameter space as long as the Standard Model Higgs mixes predominantly with a single scalar from the hidden sector. The resulting scattering rate is often beyond the level of sensitivity of XENON1T, while still being consistent with the thermal WIMP paradigm.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.00365

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zbMATH Keywords

beyond standard modelcosmology of theories beyond the SM

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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Cited In (7)

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• Implications of two-component dark matter induced by forbidden channels and thermal freeze-out
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Uses Software

• LUXCalc

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