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Gravity-mediated (or Composite) Dark Matter

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-16 v2

Abstract

Dark matter could have an electroweak origin, yet communicate with the visible sector exclusively through gravitational interactions. In a set-up addressing the hierarchy problem, we propose a new dark matter scenario where gravitational mediators, arising from the compactification of extra-dimensions, are responsible for dark matter interactions and its relic abundance in the Universe. We write an explicit example of this mechanism in warped extra-dimensions and work out its constraints. We also develop a dual picture of the model, based on a four-dimensional scenario with partial compositeness. We show that Gravity-mediated Dark Matter is equivalent to a mechanism of generating viable dark matter scenarios in a strongly-coupled, near-conformal theory, such as in composite Higgs models.

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@article{arxiv.1306.4107,
  title  = {Gravity-mediated (or Composite) Dark Matter},
  author = {Hyun Min Lee and Myeonghun Park and Veronica Sanz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.4107},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

24 pages, 6 figures. Replaced with published version. Higher KK-modes included

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