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We propose that dark matter is composed of particles that naturally have the correct thermal relic density, but have neither weak-scale masses nor weak interactions. These WIMPless models emerge naturally from gauge-mediated supersymmetry…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-01-10 Jonathan L. Feng , Jason Kumar

We present a new method for determining Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) properties in future tonne scale direct detection experiments which accounts for uncertainties in the Milky Way (MW) smooth dark matter distribution. Using…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-30 Louis E. Strigari , Roberto Trotta

The dynamics and detection possibility of a pseudo-FIMP (pFIMP) dark matter (DM) in the presence of a thermal DM have been studied in different contexts. The pFIMP phenomenology largely depends on the WIMP-like partner DM, as pFIMP…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-08-07 Jayita Lahiri , Dipankar Pradhan , Abhik Sarkar

Interacting dark energy (IDE) models, in which dark matter (DM) and dark energy (DE) exchange energy through a non-gravitational interaction, have long been proposed as candidates to address key challenges in modern cosmology. These include…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-20 Marcel van der Westhuizen , Amare Abebe , Eleonora Di Valentino

In this talk we present data analysis methods for reconstructing the mass and couplings of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) by using directly future experimental data (i.e., measured recoil energies) from direct Dark Matter…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-12-21 Manuel Drees , Chung-Lin Shan

The DAMA experiment searches for Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) dark matter via its expected but rare interactions within the detector, where the interaction rates will modulate throughout the year due to the orbital motion of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Chris Kelso , Pearl Sandick , Christopher Savage

The DAMA/NaI and DAMA/LIBRA annual modulation data, which may be interpreted as a signal for the existence of weakly interacting dark matter (WIMPs) in our galactic halo, are examined in light of null results from other experiments. We use…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Christopher Savage , Graciela Gelmini , Paolo Gondolo , Katherine Freese

In this study, cosmological models are considered, where dark matter and dark energy are coupled and may exchange energy through non-gravitational interactions with one other. These interacting dark energy (IDE) models have previously been…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-23 Marcel A. van der Westhuizen , Amare Abebe

Dark matter (DM) is currently searched for with a variety of detection strategies. Accelerator searches are particularly promising, but even if Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are found at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), it…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-10-13 Gianfranco Bertone , David G. Cerdeno , Mattia Fornasa , Roberto Ruiz de Austri , Roberto Trotta

The presence of dark matter (DM) is suggested by a wealth of astrophysical and cosmological measurements. However, its underlying nature is yet unknown. Among the most promising candidates are weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs):…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-25 A. Montanari , E. Moulin , D. Malyshev

We consider fermionic and scalar dark matter (DM) candidates that couple predominantly to third-generation Standard Model fermions, describing their interactions within an effective field theory framework. We show that current…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-05-09 Georgios Demetriou , Gino Isidori , Gioacchino Piazza , Emanuelle Pinsard

We address the question of whether the upcoming generation of dark matter search experiments and colliders will be able to discover if the dark matter in the Universe has two components of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). We…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-12-23 Stefano Profumo , Kris Sigurdson , Lorenzo Ubaldi

We investigate the co-evolution of dark matter (DM) density perturbation and metric perturbation in the WIMP paradigm. Instead of adopting the conventional assumption that DM starts out in thermal equilibrium, we propose a simple phase of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-22 Changhong Li

Direct detection experiments searching for weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter typically use a simplified model of the Galactic halo to derive parameter constraints. However, there is strong evidence that this Standard…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-19 Bradley J. Kavanagh , Anne M. Green

We explore the possible signatures of dark matter (DM) pair annihilations in the nearby dwarf spheroidal galaxy Draco. After investigating the mass models for Draco in the light of available observational data, we carefully model the DM…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Colafrancesco , S. Profumo , P. Ullio

We determine the range of parameter space of an interacting quintessence (IQ) model that best fits the luminosity distance of type Ia supernovae data and the recent WMAP measurements of Cosmic Microwave Background temperature anisotropies.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 German Olivares , Fernando Atrio-Barandela , Diego Pavon

With growing agony of not finding a dark matter (DM) particle in direct search experiments so far (for example in XENON1T), frameworks where the freeze-out of DM is driven by number changing processes within the dark sector itself and do…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-02-05 Subhaditya Bhattacharya , Purusottam Ghosh , Shivam Verma

Pseudo-feebly Interacting Massive Particle (pFIMP) has been postulated in two component dark matter (DM) scenarios, where it has feeble interaction with the visible sector, but sizeable one with a thermal bath partner. In this work, we…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-11-25 Subhaditya Bhattacharya , Dipankar Pradhan , Jahaan Thakkar

The current state searches for dark matter in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) using both direct and indirect techniques is reviewed. Advances in recent years by various direct search experiments, utilising…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. J. C. Spooner , V. A. Kudryavtsev

We explore the detection prospects for a minimal secluded dark matter model, where a fermionic dark matter particle interacts with the Standard Model (SM) via a kinetically mixed dark photon. We focus on scenarios where the dark photon…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-01-29 Ahmed Alenezi , Cari Cesarotti , Stefania Gori , Jessie Shelton