DARK MATTER AND LHC: WHAT IS THE CONNECTION?

DOI10.1142/S0217732308028314zbMATH Open1149.81385arXiv0807.2244OpenAlexW3098590584WikidataQ56041975 ScholiaQ56041975MaRDI QIDQ3544901FDOQ3544901

Authors: Gordon Kane, Scott Watson 

Publication date: 8 December 2008

Published in: Modern Physics Letters A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We review what can (and cannot) be learned if dark matter is detected in one or more experiments, emphasizing the importance of combining LHC data with direct, astrophysical and cosmological probes of dark matter. We briefly review the conventional picture of a thermally produced WIMP relic density and its connection with theories of electroweak symmetry breaking. We then discuss both experimental and theoretical reasons why one might generically expect this picture to fail. If this is the case, we argue that a combined effort bringing together all types of data -- combined with explicitly constructed theoretical models -- will be the only way to achieve a complete understanding of the dark matter in our universe and become confident that any candidate actually provides the relic density.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0807.2244

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zbMATH Keywords

dark matterLHCphysics beyond the standard modeldark matter detection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Unified quantum theories (81V22) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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