Origins of hidden sector dark matter II: collider physics

DOI10.1007/JHEP03(2011)085zbMATH Open1301.81334arXiv1010.0024WikidataQ59270388 ScholiaQ59270388MaRDI QIDQ475935FDOQ475935

Authors: Clifford Cheung, Gilly Elor, Lawrence J. Hall, Piyush Kumar 

Publication date: 27 November 2014

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

Abstract: We consider a broad class of supersymmetric theories in which dark matter (DM) is the lightest superpartner (LSP) of a hidden sector that couples very weakly to visible sector fields. Portal interactions connecting visible and hidden sectors mediate the decay of the lightest observable superpartner (LOSP) into the LSP, allowing the LHC to function as a spectacular probe of the origin of hidden sector DM. As shown in a companion paper, this general two-sector framework allows only for a handful of DM production mechanisms, each of which maps to a distinctive window in lifetimes and cross-sections for the LOSP. In the present work we perform a systematic collider study of LOSP candidates and portal interactions, and for each case evaluate the prospects for successfully reconstructing the origin of DM at the LHC. If, for instance, DM arises from Freeze-Out and Decay, this may be verified if the LOSP is a bino or right-handed slepton decaying to the LSP through a variety of portal interactions, and with an annihilation cross-section within a narrow range. On the other hand, the Freeze-In mechanism may be verified for a complimentary set of LOSP candidates, and within a narrow range of LOSP lifetimes. In all cases, the LOSP is relatively long-lived on collider time scales, leading to events with displaced vertices. Furthermore, scenarios with a charged or colored LOSP are particularly promising.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.0024

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zbMATH Keywords

supersymmetry phenomenology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Weak interaction in quantum theory (81V15) Unified quantum theories (81V22) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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• Origins of hidden sector dark matter I: cosmology
• Revisiting dark matter freeze-in and freeze-out through phase-space distribution
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• A supersymmetric one Higgs doublet model

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