scholarly journals Feebly coupled vector boson dark matter in effective theory

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Basabendu Barman ◽  
Subhaditya Bhattacharya ◽  
Bohdan Grzadkowski
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Field Strength ◽  
Vector Boson ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Dark Sector ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Strength Tensor ◽  
The Universe

Abstract A model of dark matter (DM) that communicates with the Standard Model (SM) exclusively through suppressed dimension five operator is discussed. The SM is augmented with a symmetry U(1)X ⊗ Z2, where U(1)X is gauged and broken spontaneously by a very heavy decoupled scalar. The massive U(1)X vector boson (Xμ) is stabilized being odd under unbroken Z2 and therefore may contribute as the DM component of the universe. Dark sector field strength tensor Xμν couples to the SM hypercharge tensor Bμν via the presence of a heavier Z2 odd real scalar Φ, i.e. 1/Λ XμνBμνΦ, with Λ being a scale of new physics. The freeze-in production of the vector boson dark matter feebly coupled to the SM is advocated in this analysis. Limitations of the so-called UV freeze-in mechanism that emerge when the maximum reheat temperature TRH drops down close to the scale of DM mass are discussed. The parameter space of the model consistent with the observed DM abundance is determined. The model easily and naturally avoids both direct and indirect DM searches. Possibility for detection at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is also considered. A Stueckelberg formulation of the model is derived.

scholarly journals The Search for Feebly Interacting Particles

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 279-313
Author(s):  
Gaia Lanfranchi ◽  
Maxim Pospelov ◽  
Philip Schuster
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Interaction Strength ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Interacting Particles ◽  
Fundamental Physics ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Universe

At the dawn of a new decade, particle physics faces the challenge of explaining the mystery of dark matter, the origin of matter over antimatter in the Universe, the apparent fine-tuning of the electroweak scale, and many other aspects of fundamental physics. Perhaps the most striking frontier to emerge in the search for answers involves New Physics at mass scales comparable to that of familiar matter—below the GeV scale but with very feeble interaction strength. New theoretical ideas to address dark matter and other fundamental questions predict such feebly interacting particles (FIPs) at these scales, and existing data may even provide hints of this possibility. Emboldened by the lessons of the LHC, a vibrant experimental program to discover such physics is underway, guided by a systematic theoretical approach that is firmly grounded in the underlying principles of the Standard Model. We give an overview of these efforts, their motivations, and the decadal goals that animate the community involved in the search for FIPs, and we focus in particular on accelerator-based experiments.

scholarly journals CP VIOLATIONS (AND MORE) AFTER THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF LHCB

2013 ◽  
Vol 53 (A) ◽  
pp. 528-533
Author(s):  
Giulio Auriemma
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Dark Energy ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Higgs Sector ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Open Problems ◽  
Cp Violations ◽  
The Standard Model

The most interesting cosmological open problems, baryon asymmetry, dark matter, inflation and dark energy, are not explained by the standard model of particle physics (SM). The final<br />goal of the Large Hadron Collider an experimental verification of the SM in the Higgs sector, and also a search for evidence of new physics beyond it. In this paper we will report some of the results obtained in 2010 and 2011, from the LHCb experiment dedicated to the study of CP violations and rare decays of heavy quarks.

scholarly journals Leveraging the Economic Potential of FCC’s Technologies and Processes

2020 ◽  
pp. 85-91
Author(s):  
Linn Kretzschmar
Keyword(s):  
Large Hadron Collider ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Accelerator Complex ◽  
The Core ◽  
Electron Positron ◽  
Circular Particle ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
New Energy ◽  
The Universe

Abstract An international consortium of more than 150 organizations worldwide is studying the feasibility of various future particle colliders to expand our understanding of the inner workings of the Universe. At the core of the Future Circular Collider (FCC) study is the design of a 100 km long circular particle collider infrastructure that could extend CERN’s current accelerator complex with an integral research program that spans 70 years. The first step would be an intensity-frontier electron-positron collider allowing to study with precision the Higgs couplings with many of the Standard Model particles and search with high-precision for new physics while the ultimate goal is to build a proton collider with a c.m.s collision energy seven times larger than the Large Hadron Collider. Hosted in the same tunnel and profiting from the new infrastructure, FCC-hh would allow to explore a new energy regime where new physics may be at play.

scholarly journals The THDMa Revisited

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 2341
Author(s):  
Tania Robens
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
B Physics ◽  
A Priori ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Dark Sector ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Future Collider ◽  
Physics Model ◽  
Scalar Sector

The THDMa is a new physics model that extends the scalar sector of the Standard Model by an additional doublet as well as a pseudoscalar singlet and allows for mixing between all possible scalar states. In the gauge-eigenbasis, the additional pseudoscalar serves as a portal to the dark sector, with a priori any dark matter spins states. The option where dark matter is fermionic is currently one of the standard benchmarks for the experimental collaborations, and several searches at the LHC constrain the corresponding parameter space. However, most current studies constrain regions in parameter space by setting all but 2 of the 12 free parameters to fixed values. In this work, we performed a generic scan on this model, allowing all parameters to float. We applied all current theoretical and experimental constraints, including bounds from current searches, recent results from B-physics, in particular Bs→Xsγ, as well as bounds from astroparticle physics. We identify regions in the parameter space which are still allowed after these were applied and which might be interesting for an investigation of current and future collider machines.

Searches for exotica and dark matter with neutrino telescopes

2019 ◽  
Vol 377 (2161) ◽  
pp. 20190084
Author(s):  
A. Margiotta
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Cosmic Radiation ◽  
Charged Particles ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Magnetic Monopoles ◽  
Neutrino Telescopes ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Large Water ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Detector Volume

Neutrino telescopes are designed to search for neutrino sources in the Universe, exploiting the Cherenkov light emitted along the path of the charged particles produced in interactions occurring close to the detector volume. Their huge size and the shield offered by large water or ice overburden make them excellent tools to search for exotic and rare particles in the cosmic radiation. In particular, they are sensitive to particles not predicted by the Standard Model that could be messenger of new physics. An overview of the experimental scenario and the relevant results obtained looking for magnetic monopoles, dark matter candidates and other exotic relic particles with neutrino telescopes is given, together with the description of possible new perspectives. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue ‘Topological avatars of new physics’.

scholarly journals Finding New Physics, Phenomenological, Experimental, and Astrophysical Predictions from Neutrino Mass

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chitta Ranjan Das ◽  
Katri Huitu ◽  
Zhanibek Kurmanaliyev ◽  
Bakytbek Mauyey ◽  
Timo Kärkkäinen
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Cp Violation ◽  
Early Universe ◽  
Neutrino Mass ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Universe

The crucial phenomenological and experimental predictions for new physics are outlined, where the number of problems of the Standard Model (neutrino masses and oscillations, dark matter, baryon asymmetry of the Universe, leptonic CP-violation) could find their solutions. The analogies between the cosmological neutrino mass scale from the early universe data and laboratory probes are discussed and the search for new physics and phenomena.

Review on Higgs Hidden-Dark Sector Physics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodota Lagouri
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Weak Interactions ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Dark Sector ◽  
Hidden Sector ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Universe

Abstract The Standard Model (SM), while extremely powerful as a description of the strong, electromagnetic and weak interactions, does not provide a natural candidate to explain Dark Matter (DM). Theoretical as well as experimental motivation exists for the existence of a hidden or dark sector of phenomena that couples either weakly or in a special way to SM fields. Hidden sector or dark sector states appear in many extensions to SM to provide a particular candidate DM in the universe or to explain astrophysical observations. If there is such a family of Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) particles and interactions, they may be accessible experimentally at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN and at future High Energy Colliders. In this paper, the main focus is given on selected searches conducted at LHC experiments related to Higgs Hidden-Dark Sector Physics. The current constraints and future prospects of these studies are summarized.

scholarly journals Nearly Supersymmetric Dark Atoms

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siavosh R. Behbahani ◽  
Martin Jankowiak ◽  
Tomas Rube ◽  
Jay G. Wacker
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Supersymmetry Breaking ◽  
Bound States ◽  
Dark Sector ◽  
Missing Mass ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Universe

Theories of dark matter that support bound states are an intriguing possibility for the identity of the missing mass of the Universe. This article proposes a class of models of supersymmetric composite dark matter where the interactions with the Standard Model communicate supersymmetry breaking to the dark sector. In these models, supersymmetry breaking can be treated as a perturbation on the spectrum of bound states. Using a general formalism, the spectrum with leading supersymmetry effects is computed without specifying the details of the binding dynamics. The interactions of the composite states with the Standard Model are computed, and several benchmark models are described. General features of nonrelativistic supersymmetric bound states are emphasized.

scholarly journals Cosmology with Type II supernovae

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (08) ◽  
pp. 1950106
Author(s):  
Deng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Dark Energy ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Acoustic Oscillations ◽  
Dark Sector ◽  
Dark Energy Density ◽  
Type Ia ◽  
The Universe

With the recent progresses on the Type II supernovae, we attempt to investigate whether there does exist new physics beyond the standard cosmological paradigm, i.e. the cosmological constant [Formula: see text] plus cold dark matter ([Formula: see text]CDM). Constraining four alternative cosmological models with a data combination of currently available Type II supernovae calibrated by the standard color method, Type Ia supernovae, baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO), cosmic microwave background (CMB) and cosmic chronometers, at the [Formula: see text] confidence level, we find that (i) a spatially flat universe is supported for the nonflat [Formula: see text]CDM model; (ii) the constrained equation-of-state of dark energy [Formula: see text] is consistent with the [Formula: see text]CDM hypothesis for the [Formula: see text]CDM model, where [Formula: see text] is a free parameter; (iii) for the decaying vacuum model, there is no evidence of interaction between dark matter and dark energy in the dark sector of the universe; (iv) there is also no hint of dynamical dark energy for the dark energy density-parametrization scenario. It is very obvious that a larger Type II supernovae sample is required if we expect to draw definitive conclusions about the formation and evolution of the universe.

scholarly journals Outstanding questions: physics beyond the Standard Model

2012 ◽  
Vol 370 (1961) ◽  
pp. 818-830 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Higgs Boson ◽  
Large Hadron Collider ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Universe

The Standard Model of particle physics agrees very well with experiment, but many important questions remain unanswered, among them are the following. What is the origin of particle masses and are they due to a Higgs boson? How does one understand the number of species of matter particles and how do they mix? What is the origin of the difference between matter and antimatter, and is it related to the origin of the matter in the Universe? What is the nature of the astrophysical dark matter? How does one unify the fundamental interactions? How does one quantize gravity? In this article, I introduce these questions and discuss how they may be addressed by experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, with particular attention to the search for the Higgs boson and supersymmetry.

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