Simple Hidden Sector Dark Matter
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2020-10-21 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract
A hidden sector that kinetically mixes with the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model provides simple and well-motivated dark matter candidates that possess many of the properties of a traditional weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP). These supersymmetric constructions can also provide a natural explanation for why the dark matter is at the weak scale - even if it resides in a hidden sector. In the hidden sector, a natural pattern of symmetry breaking generally makes particles and their superpartners lie around the same mass scale, opening novel possibilities for a variety of cosmological histories and complex indirect detection signatures.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2003.13744,
title = {Simple Hidden Sector Dark Matter},
author = {Patrick Barnes and Zachary Johnson and Aaron Pierce and Bibhushan Shakya},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.13744},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
28 pages+appendix, 10 figures