scholarly journals Effective theory for self-interacting dark matter and massive spin-2 mediators

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoo-Jin Kang ◽  
Hyun Min Lee
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Massive Spin

scholarly journals Lightening gravity-mediated dark matter

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoo-Jin Kang ◽  
Hyun Min Lee
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Arbitrary Spin ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Density Condition ◽  
Massive Spin ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Warped Extra Dimension ◽  
Consistent Parameter ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Production Mechanisms

Abstract We revisit the scenario of a massive spin-2 particle as the mediator for communicating between dark matter of arbitrary spin and the Standard Model. Taking the general couplings of the spin-2 particle in the effective theory, we discuss the thermal production mechanisms for dark matter with various channels and the dark matter self-scattering. For WIMP and light dark matter cases, we impose the relic density condition and various experimental constraints from direct and indirect detections, precision measurements as well as collider experiments. We show that it is important to include the annihilation of dark matter into a pair of spin-2 particles in both allowed and forbidden regimes, thus opening up the consistent parameter space for dark matter. The benchmark models of the spin-2 mediator are presented in the context of the warped extra dimension and compared to the simplified models.

scholarly journals Dark matter interacting via a massive spin-2 mediator in warped extra-dimensions

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. de Giorgi ◽  
S. Vogl
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Extra Dimensions ◽  
Center Of Mass ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Full Field ◽  
Longitudinal Modes ◽  
Energy Behavior ◽  
Massive Spin ◽  
Warped Extra Dimensions

Abstract We study dark matter interacting via a massive spin-2 mediator. To have a consistent effective theory for the spin-2 particle, we work in a warped extra-dimensional model such that the mediator(s) are the Kaluza-Klein (KK) modes of the 5D graviton. We pay close attention to dark matter annihilations into KK-gravitons. Due to the high energy behavior of longitudinal modes of spin-2 fields, these channels exhibit a tremendous growth at large center of mass energies $$ \sqrt{s} $$ s if only one spin-2 mediator is considered. For the first time, we include the full KK-tower in this dark matter production process and find that this growth is unphysical and cancels once the full field content of the extra-dimensional theory is taken into account. Interestingly, this implies that it is not possible to approximate the results obtained in the full theory with a reduced set of effective interactions once $$ \sqrt{s} $$ s is greater than the first graviton mass. This casts some doubt on the universal applicability of previous studies with spin-2 mediators within an EFT framework and prompts us to revisit the phenomenological allowed parameter space of gravitationally interacting scalar dark matter in warped extra-dimensions.

scholarly journals Unitarity in KK-graviton production, a case study in warped extra-dimensions

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. de Giorgi ◽  
S. Vogl
Keyword(s):  
Extra Dimensions ◽  
Sum Rules ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Higher Dimensional ◽  
Massive Spin ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Dimensional Gravity ◽  
Warped Extra Dimensions ◽  
Kaluza Klein

Abstract The Kaluza-Klein (KK) decomposition of higher-dimensional gravity gives rise to a tower of KK-gravitons in the effective four-dimensional (4D) theory. Such massive spin-2 fields are known to be connected with unitarity issues and easily lead to a breakdown of the effective theory well below the naive scale of the interaction. However, the breakdown of the effective 4D theory is expected to be controlled by the parameters of the 5D theory. Working in a simplified Randall-Sundrum model we study the matrix elements for matter annihilations into massive gravitons. We find that truncating the KK-tower leads to an early breakdown of perturbative unitarity. However, by considering the full tower we obtain a set of sum rules for the couplings between the different KK-fields that restore unitarity up to the scale of the 5D theory. We prove analytically that these are fulfilled in the model under consideration and present numerical tests of their convergence. This work complements earlier studies that focused on graviton self-interactions and yields additional sum rules that are required if matter fields are incorporated into warped extra-dimensions.

scholarly journals Massive gravity from double copy

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arshia Momeni ◽  
Justinas Rumbutis ◽  
Andrew J. Tolley
Keyword(s):  
Sigma Model ◽  
Massive Gravity ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Nonlinear Sigma Model ◽  
Limit Theory ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Massive Spin ◽  
Double Copy

Abstract We consider the double copy of massive Yang-Mills theory in four dimensions, whose decoupling limit is a nonlinear sigma model. The latter may be regarded as the leading terms in the low energy effective theory of a heavy Higgs model, in which the Higgs has been integrated out. The obtained double copy effective field theory contains a massive spin-2, massive spin-1 and a massive spin-0 field, and we construct explicitly its interacting Lagrangian up to fourth order in fields. We find that up to this order, the spin-2 self interactions match those of the dRGT massive gravity theory, and that all the interactions are consistent with a Λ3 = (m2MPl)1/3 cutoff. We construct explicitly the Λ3 decoupling limit of this theory and show that it is equivalent to a bi-Galileon extension of the standard Λ3 massive gravity decoupling limit theory. Although it is known that the double copy of a nonlinear sigma model is a special Galileon, the decoupling limit of massive Yang-Mills theory is a more general Galileon theory. This demonstrates that the decoupling limit and double copy procedures do not commute and we clarify why this is the case in terms of the scaling of their kinematic factors.

scholarly journals Exothermic dark matter for XENON1T excess

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyun Min Lee
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Mass Difference ◽  
Mass Splitting ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Recoil Energy ◽  
Detector Resolution ◽  
Atomic Excitation ◽  
Microscopic Models ◽  
Electron Recoil ◽  
Two Component

Abstract Motivated by the recent excess in the electron recoil from XENON1T experiment, we consider the possibility of exothermic dark matter, which is composed of two states with mass splitting. The heavier state down-scatters off the electron into the lighter state, making an appropriate recoil energy required for the Xenon excess even for the standard Maxwellian velocity distribution of dark matter. Accordingly, we determine the mass difference between two component states of dark matter to the peak electron recoil energy at about 2.5 keV up to the detector resolution, accounting for the recoil events over ER = 2 − 3 keV, which are most significant. We include the effects of the phase-space enhancement and the atomic excitation factor to calculate the required scattering cross section for the Xenon excess. We discuss the implications of dark matter interactions in the effective theory for exothermic dark matter and a massive Z′ mediator and provide microscopic models realizing the required dark matter and electron couplings to Z′.

scholarly journals A combined analysis of PandaX, LUX, and XENON1T experiments within the framework of dark matter effective theory

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuowei Liu ◽  
Yushan Su ◽  
Yue-Lin Sming Tsai ◽  
Bingrong Yu ◽  
Qiang Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Combined Analysis

Dark matter is a genuine spin-2 field

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (34) ◽  
pp. 1845010
Author(s):  
Federico R. Urban
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Massive Spin

We know about Dark Matter (DM) only thanks to Gravity. I will review the idea that this must be the case because DM is nothing else than a manifestation of Gravity itself, in the guise of an additional, massive, spin-2 particle.

scholarly journals Dark Matter with Genuine Spin-2 Fields

Universe ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 90
Author(s):  
Federico Urban
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Massive Spin

Gravity is the only force which is telling us about the existence of Dark Matter. I will review the idea that this must be the case because Dark Matter is nothing else than a manifestation of Gravity itself, in the guise of an additional, massive, spin-2 particle.

scholarly journals ETHOS – an effective theory of structure formation: formation of the first haloes and their stars

2019 ◽  
Vol 485 (4) ◽  
pp. 5474-5489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark R Lovell ◽  
Jesús Zavala ◽  
Mark Vogelsberger
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Power Spectrum ◽  
Galaxy Formation ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Dwarf Galaxy ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Matter Power Spectrum ◽  
Hydrodynamical Simulations ◽  
Stellar Masses

Abstract A cut-off in the linear matter power spectrum at dwarf galaxy scales has been shown to affect the abundance, formation mechanism and age of dwarf haloes, and their galaxies at high and low redshifts. We use hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy formation within the ETHOS framework in a benchmark model that has such a cut-off and that has been shown to be an alternative to the cold dark matter (CDM) model that alleviates its dwarf-scale challenges. We show how galaxies in this model form differently to CDM, on a halo-by-halo basis, at redshifts z ≥ 6. We show that when CDM haloes with masses around the ETHOS half-mode mass scale are resimulated with the ETHOS matter power spectrum, they form with 50 per cent less mass than their CDM counterparts due to their later formation times, yet they retain more of their gas reservoir due to the different behaviour of gas and dark matter during the monolithic collapse of the first haloes in models with a galactic-scale cut-off. As a result, galaxies in ETHOS haloes near the cut-off scale grow rapidly between z = 10 and 6 and by z = 6 end up having very similar stellar masses, higher gas fractions and higher star formation rates relative to their CDM counterparts. We highlight these differences by making predictions for how the number of galaxies with old stellar populations is suppressed in ETHOS for both z = 6 galaxies and for gas-poor Local Group fossil galaxies. Interestingly, we find an age gradient in ETHOS between galaxies that form in high- and low-density environments.

scholarly journals Viscosity in cosmic fluids

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pravin Kumar Natwariya ◽  
Jitesh R. Bhatt ◽  
Arun Kumar Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Effective Viscosity ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Viscosity Coefficient ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Viscous Effect ◽  
Dissipative Effects ◽  
Large Scale Structure Formation

Abstract The effective theory of large-scale structure formation based on $$\Lambda $$ΛCDM paradigm predicts finite dissipative effects in the resulting fluid equations. In this work, we study how viscous effect that could arise if one includes self-interaction among the dark-matter particles combines with the effective theory. It is shown that these two possible sources of dissipation can operate together in a cosmic fluid and the interplay between them can play an important role in determining dynamics of the cosmic fluid. In particular, we demonstrate that the viscosity coefficient due to self-interaction is added inversely with the viscosity calculated using effective theory of $$\Lambda $$ΛCDM model. Thus the larger viscosity has less significant contribution in the effective viscosity. Using the known bounds on $$\sigma /m$$σ/m for self-interacting darkmatter, where $$\sigma $$σ and m are the cross-section and mass of the dark-matter particles respectively, we discuss role of the effective viscosity in various cosmological scenarios.

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