scholarly journals Complementarity between dark matter direct searches and CEνNS experiments in U(1)′ models

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leon M. G. de la Vega ◽  
L. J. Flores ◽  
Newton Nath ◽  
Eduardo Peinado
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Dark Matter Candidate ◽  
Beam Dump ◽  
Reactor Experiment

Abstract We explore the possibility of having a fermionic dark matter candidate within U(1)′ models for CEνNS experiments in light of the latest COHERENT data and the current and future dark matter direct detection experiments. A vector-like fermionic dark matter has been introduced which is charged under U(1)′ symmetry, naturally stable after spontaneous symmetry breaking. We perform a complementary investigation using CEνNS experiments and dark matter direct detection searches to explore dark matter as well as Z′ boson parameter space. Depending on numerous other constraints arising from the beam dump, LHCb, BABAR, and the forthcoming reactor experiment proposed by the SBC collaboration, we explore the allowed region of Z′ portal dark matter.

scholarly journals Collider constraints on dark mediators

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Mies ◽  
Christiane Scherb ◽  
Pedro Schwaller
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Dark Matter Candidate ◽  
Dark Sector ◽  
Missing Energy ◽  
First Time

Abstract We explore the constraints current collider searches place on a QCD-like dark sector. A combination of multi-jet, multi-jet plus missing energy and emerging jets searches is used to derive constraints on the mediator mass across the full range of the dark meson lifetimes for the first time.The dark sector inherits a flavour structure from the coupling between the dark quarks and the SM quarks through the mediator. When this is taken into account, the differently flavoured dark pions become distinguishable through their lifetime. We show that also in these cases the above mentioned searches remain sensitive, and we obtain limits on the mediator mass also for the flavoured scenario.We then contrast the constraints from collider searches with direct detection bounds on the dark matter candidate itself in both the flavoured and unflavoured scenario. Using a simple prescription it becomes possible to display all constraints in the dark matter and mediator mass plane. Constraints from direct detection tend to be stronger than the collider constraints, unless the coupling to the first generation quarks is suppressed, in which case the collider searches place the most stringent limits on the parameter space.

scholarly journals Dark matter from a complex scalar singlet: the role of dark CP and other discrete symmetries

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Coito ◽  
Carlos Faubel ◽  
Juan Herrero-García ◽  
Arcadi Santamaria
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
Dark Matter Candidate ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Complex Scalar ◽  
Symmetry Breaking Term ◽  
Pseudo Scalar ◽  
Breaking Term ◽  
Scalar Singlet

Abstract We study the case of a pseudo-scalar dark matter candidate which emerges from a complex scalar singlet, charged under a global U(1) symmetry, which is broken both explicitly and spontaneously. The pseudo-scalar is naturally stabilized by the presence of a remnant discrete symmetry: dark CP. We study and compare the phenomenology of several simplified models with only one explicit symmetry breaking term. We find that several regions of the parameter space are able to reproduce the observed dark matter abundance while respecting direct detection and invisible Higgs decay limits: in the resonances of the two scalars, featuring the known as forbidden or secluded dark matter, and through non-resonant Higgs-mediated annihilations. In some cases, combining different measurements would allow one to distinguish the breaking pattern of the symmetry. Moreover, this setup admits a light DM candidate at the sub-GeV scale. We also discuss the situation where more than one symmetry breaking term is present. In that case, the dark CP symmetry may be spontaneously broken, thus spoiling the stability of the dark matter candidate. Requiring that this does not happen imposes a constraint on the allowed parameter space. Finally, we consider an effective field theory approach valid in the pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone boson limit and when the U(1) breaking scale is much larger than the electroweak scale.

scholarly journals Dark Matter Constraints and the Neutralino Sector of the scNMSSM

Universe ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Elham Aldufeery ◽  
Maien Binjonaid
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Mass Range ◽  
Upper And Lower Bounds ◽  
Dark Matter Candidate ◽  
Dark Matter Relic Density ◽  
Relic Density ◽  
Moderate Range

The neutralino sector of the semi-constrained next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model is explored under recent experimental constraints, with special attention to dark matter (DM) limits. The effects of the upper and lower bounds of dark matter relic density and recent direct detection constraints on spin-independent and -dependent cross-sections are thoroughly analyzed. Particularly, we show which regions of the parameter space are ruled out due to the different dark matter constraints and the corresponding model-specific parameters: λ,κ,Aλ, and Aκ. We analyze all annihilation and co-annihilation processes (with heavier neutralinos and charginos) that contribute to the dark matter relic density. The mass components of the dark matter candidate, the lightest neutralino χ˜10, are studied, and the decays of heavy neutralinos and charginos, especially χ˜20 and χ˜1+, into the lightest neutralino are examined. We impose semi-universal boundary conditions at the Grand Unified Theory scale, and require a moderate range of tanβ≲10. We find that the allowed parameter space is associated with a heavy mass spectrum in general and that the lightest neutralino is mostly Higgsino with a mass range that resides mostly between 1000 and 1500 GeV. However, smaller mass values can be achieved if the DM candidate is bino-like or singlino-like.

scholarly journals Whac-a-constraint with anomaly-free dark matter models

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia El Hedri ◽  
Karl Nordström
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Simplified Model ◽  
Dark Matter Candidate ◽  
Minimal Models ◽  
Simplified Models ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The One

Theories where a fermionic dark matter candidate interacts with the Standard Model through a vector mediator are often studied using minimal models, which are not necessarily anomaly-free. In fact, minimal anomaly-free simplified models are usually strongly constrained by either direct detection experiments or collider searches for dilepton resonances. In this paper, we study the phenomenology of models with a fermionic dark matter candidate that couples axially to a leptophobic vector mediator. Canceling anomalies in these models requires considerably enlarging their field content. For an example minimal scenario we show that the additional fields lead to a potentially much richer phenomenology than the one predicted by the original simplified model. In particular collider searches for pair-produced neutralinos and charginos can be more sensitive than traditional monojet searches in thermally motivated parts of the parameter space where the mediator is outside the reach of current searches.

scholarly journals Impact of leptonic unitarity and dark matter direct detection experiments on the NMSSM with inverse seesaw mechanism

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Junjie Cao ◽  
Yangle He ◽  
Yusi Pan ◽  
Yuanfang Yue ◽  
Haijing Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
Likelihood Function ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Upper Bounds ◽  
Dark Matter Candidate ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Seesaw Mechanism ◽  
Yukawa Couplings ◽  
The Impact

Abstract In the Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model with the inverse seesaw mechanism to generate neutrino masses, the lightest sneutrino may act as a feasible dark matter candidate in vast parameter space. In this case, the smallness of the leptonic unitarity violation and the recent XENON-1T experiment can limit the dark matter physics. In particular, they set upper bounds of the neutrino Yukawa couplings λν and Yν. We study such effects by encoding the constraints in a likelihood function and carrying out elaborated scans over the parameter space of the theory with the Nested Sampling algorithm. We show that these constraints are complementary to each other in limiting the theory, and in some cases, they are very strict. We also study the impact of the future LZ experiment on the theory.

scholarly journals Constraining the Inert Doublet Model using Vector Boson Fusion

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Dercks ◽  
Tania Robens
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
Vector Boson ◽  
Higgs Doublet ◽  
Dark Matter Candidate ◽  
Final States ◽  
Vector Boson Fusion ◽  
Doublet Model ◽  
Inert Doublet Model ◽  
Two Higgs Doublet Model

AbstractIn this work, we use a recast of the Run II search for invisible Higgs decays within Vector Boson Fusion to constrain the parameter space of the Inert Doublet model, a two Higgs doublet model with a dark matter candidate. When including all known theoretical as well as collider constraints, we find that the above can rule out a relatively large part in the $$m_H,\,\lambda _{345}$$mH,λ345 parameter space, for dark scalar masses $$m_H\,\le \,100\,{\mathrm{GeV}}$$mH≤100GeV. Including the latest dark matter constraints, a smaller part of parameter space remains which is solely excluded from the above analysis. We also discuss the sensitivity of monojet searches and multilepton final states from Run II.

scholarly journals Electroweak corrections in a pseudo Nambu-Goldstone Dark Matter model revisited

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seraina Glaus ◽  
Margarete Mühlleitner ◽  
Jonas Müller ◽  
Shruti Patel ◽  
Tizian Römer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
Goldstone Boson ◽  
Indirect Evidence ◽  
Tree Level ◽  
Dark Matter Candidate ◽  
Nucleon Scattering ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Electroweak Corrections

Abstract Having so far only indirect evidence for the existence of Dark Matter a plethora of experiments aims at direct detection of Dark Matter through the scattering of Dark Matter particles off atomic nuclei. For the correct interpretation and identification of the underlying nature of the Dark Matter constituents higher-order corrections to the cross section of Dark Matter-nucleon scattering are important, in particular in models where the tree-level cross section is negligibly small. In this work we revisit the electroweak corrections to the dark matter-nucleon scattering cross section in a model with a pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson as the Dark Matter candidate. Two calculations that already exist in the literature, apply different approaches resulting in different final results for the cross section in some regions of the parameter space leading us to redo the calculation and analyse the two approaches to clarify the situation. We furthermore update the experimental constraints and examine the regions of the parameter space where the cross section is above the neutrino floor but which can only be probed in the far future.

scholarly journals On the neutralino as dark matter candidate. II. Direct detection

1994 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Bottino ◽  
V. de Alfaro ◽  
N. Fornengo ◽  
G. Mignola ◽  
Scopel S.
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Dark Matter Candidate

scholarly journals Lattice study of the scalar and baryon spectra in many-flavor QCD

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (35) ◽  
pp. 1747010
Author(s):  
Yasumichi Aoki ◽  
Tatsumi Aoyama ◽  
Ed Bennett ◽  
Masafumi Kurachi ◽  
Toshihide Maskawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Higgs Boson ◽  
Decay Constant ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Bilinear Operator ◽  
Dark Matter Candidate ◽  
Baryon State ◽  
Composite Higgs ◽  
Attractive Candidate ◽  
Baryon Spectra

In the search for a composite Higgs boson in walking technicolor models, many flavor QCD, in particular with [Formula: see text], is an attractive candidate, and has been found to have a composite flavor-singlet scalar as light as the pion. Based on lattice simulations of this theory with the HISQ action, we will present our preliminary results on the scalar decay constant using the fermionic bilinear operator, and on the mass of the lightest baryon state which could be a dark matter candidate. Combining these two results, implications for dark matter direct detection are also discussed.

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