Effective theories for dark matter interactions and the neutrino portal paradigm
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Publication:2635652
DOI10.1007/JHEP07(2015)161zbMATH Open1388.83932arXiv1506.03825OpenAlexW630666394MaRDI QIDQ2635652FDOQ2635652
Authors: Vannia González Macías, Jose Wudka 
Publication date: 31 May 2018
Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: In this article we discuss a general effective-theory description of a multi-component dark sector with an unspecified non-trivial symmetry and its interactions with the Standard Model generated by the exchange of heavy mediators. We then categorize the relevant effective operators given the current experimental sensistivity where the underlying theory is weakly coupled and renormalizable, with neutral mediators: either scalars or fermions. An interesting scenario resulting from this categorization is the neutrino portal, where only fermion mediators are present, and where the dark sector consists of fermions and scalars such that the lightest dark particle is a fermion, this scenario is characterized by having naturally suppressed couplings of the DM to all SM particles except the neutrinos and has received little attention in the literature. We find that there is a wide region in parameter space allowed by the current experimental constraints (relic abundance, direct and indirect detection limits); the cleanest signature of this paradigm is the presence of monochromatic neutrino lines with energy equal to that of the DM mass, but experimental sensitivity would have to be improved significantly before this can be probed.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.03825
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