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Asymmetric accidental composite dark matter

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2021-11-24 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

The goal of this work is to find the simplest UV completion of Accidental Composite Dark Matter Models (ACDM) that can dynamically generate an asymmetry for the DM candidate, the lightest \textit{dark baryon} (DCb), and simultaneously annihilate the symmetric component. In this framework the DCb is a bound state of a confining SU(N)DC\text{SU}(N)_{\text{DC}} gauge group, and can interact weakly with the visible sector. The constituents of the DCb can possess non-trivial charges under the Standard Model gauge group. The generation of asymmetry for such candidate is a two-flavor variation of the \emph{out-of-equilibrium} decay of a heavy scalar, with mass Mϕ1010M_\phi\gtrsim 10^{10} GeV. Below the scale of the scalars, the models recover accidental stability, or long-livedness, of the DM candidate. The symmetric component is annihilated by residual confined interactions provided that the mass of the DCb mDCb75m_{\text{DCb}} \lesssim 75 TeV. We implement the mechanism of asymmetry generation, or a variation of it, in all the original ACDM models, managing to generate the correct asymmetry for DCb of masses in this range. For some of the models found, the stability of the DM candidate is not spoiled even considering generic GUT completions or asymmetry generation mechanisms in the visible sector.

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@article{arxiv.2104.14244,
  title  = {Asymmetric accidental composite dark matter},
  author = {Salvatore Bottaro and Marco Costa and Oleg Popov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.14244},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

40+5 pages, 12 figures. Scalars now can be as light as 10^10 GeV. A phenomenology section and references have been added. Matching with the version accepted on JHEP

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