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Mixed Dark Matter in Universal Extra Dimension Models with TeV Scale $W_{R}$ and $Z'$

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-11 v2

Abstract

We show that in a class of universal extra dimension (UED) models that solves both the neutrino mass and proton decay problems using low scale left-right symmetry, the dark matter of the Universe consists of an admixture of KK photon and KK right-handed neutrinos. We present a full calculation of the dark matter density in these models taking into account the co-annihilation effects due to near by states such as the scalar partner of the KK photon as well as fermion states near the right-handed KK neutrino. Using the value of the relic CDM density, we obtain upper limits on R1R^{-1} of about 400-650 GeV and MZ1.5M_{Z'}\leq 1.5 TeV, both being accessible to LHC. For a region in this parameter space where the KK right-handed neutrino contributes significantly to the total relic density of dark matter, we obtain a lower bound on the dark matter-nucleon scattering cross section of 104410^{-44} cm2^2, which can be probed by the next round of dark matter search experiments.

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0610155,
  title  = {Mixed Dark Matter in Universal Extra Dimension Models with TeV Scale $W_{R}$ and $Z'$},
  author = {Ken Hsieh and R. N. Mohapatra and Salah Nasri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0610155},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

28 pages, 7 figures