Dark Matter emission at Belle II and NA62 in Minimal Flavor Violation framework
Abstract
Minimal Flavor Violation (MFV) provides a compelling framework for exploring physics beyond the Standard Model, in which new QCD-singlet fields transforming under the global quark flavor symmetry can naturally be stable and act as dark matter (DM) candidates. We show that the DM-MFV framework naturally accommodates the excess in either or , while a unified explanation of both channels simultaneously cannot be achieved within a minimal setup containing only a single dark matter multiplet with nearly degenerate masses. Overall, our findings underscore the intricate interplay between MFV-based model building, flavored dark matter scenarios, and precision flavor experiments, highlighting flavored dark matter as a framework that is both theoretically robust and experimentally testable.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2601.08907,
title = {Dark Matter emission at Belle II and NA62 in Minimal Flavor Violation framework},
author = {Federico Mescia and Shohei Okawa and Joel Swallow and Claudio Toni},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.08907},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
26 pages, 2 figures. Matched to the published version