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We propose an interesting framework for asymmetric scalar dark matter (ADM), which has novel collider phenomenology in terms of an unstable ADM bound state (ADMonium) produced via Higgs portals. ADMonium is a natural consequence of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-06-30 Xiao-Jun Bi , Zhaofeng Kang , P. Ko , Jinmian Li , Tianjun Li

We present a simple UV completion of Atomic Dark Matter (aDM) in which heavy right-handed neutrinos decay to induce both dark and lepton number densities. This model addresses several outstanding cosmological problems: the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-28 David E. Kaplan , Gordan Z. Krnjaic , Keith R. Rehermann , Christopher M. Wells

Very recently, the Xenon1T collaboration has reported an intriguing electron recoil excess, which may imply for light dark matter. In order to interpret this anomaly, we propose the atmospheric dark matter (ADM) from the inelastic collision…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-01-04 Liangliang Su , Wenyu Wang , Lei Wu , Jin Min Yang , Bin Zhu

Axions and dark photons are common in many extensions of the Standard Model. The dark axion portal -- an axion coupling to the dark photon and photon -- can significantly modify their phenomenology. We study the cosmological constraints on…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-04-01 Heejoung Hong , Ui Min , Minho Son , Tevong You

Asymmetric dark matter (ADM) has been an attractive possibility attempting to explain the observed ratio of baryon to dark matter abundance in the universe. While a bosonic ADM is constrained by the limits from existence of old neutron…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-10-08 Biplob Bhattacherjee , Shigeki Matsumoto , Satyanarayan Mukhopadhyay , Mihoko M. Nojiri

Dark matter (DM) plays a crucial role in explaining the observed astrophysical anomalies, galaxy rotation curves, and other fundamental characteristics of the Universe. Many extensions of the Standard Model (SM), such as the dark…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-10-16 Vindhyawasini Prasad

Recently there is a renewed interest in exploring the Dark sector of the universe in a more constrained way. Particularly in [1], the FIMP ( Feebly Interacting Massive Particle) scenario was shown to be realized with a minimal extension of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-05-12 Utkarsh Patel , Lekhika Malhotra , Sudhanwa Patra , Urjit A. Yajnik

A strong absorption profile was reported by the EDGES Collaboration, which indicates the hydrogen gas being colder than expected. It could be signatures of non-gravitational interactions between normal matter and dark matter (DM), and a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-02-20 Lian-Bao Jia

We explore phenomenological constraints on, and future muon collider sensitivities to, the parameter spaces of various muonphilic portals to fermionic asymmetric dark matter (ADM). Both WEFT-level dimension-6 effective operators and two UV…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-01 Arnab Roy , Raymond R. Volkas

The dark matter content of the Universe is likely to be a mixture of matter and antimatter, perhaps comparable to the measured asymmetric mixture of baryons and antibaryons. During the early stages of the Universe, the dark matter particles…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-18 Ilidio Lopes , Joseph Silk

We review theories of Asymmetric Dark Matter (ADM), their cosmological implications and detection. While there are many models of ADM in the literature, our review of existing models will center on highlighting the few common features and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-16 Kathryn M. Zurek

It is argued that experimental constraints on theories of asymmetric dark matter (ADM) almost certainly require that the DM be part of a richer hidden sector of interacting states of comparable mass or lighter. A general requisite of models…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-04 John March-Russell , James Unwin , Stephen M. West

We study the decay signatures of Asymmetric Dark Matter (ADM) via higher dimension operators which are responsible for generating the primordial dark matter (DM) asymmetry. Since the signatures are sensitive both to the nature of the higher…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-18 Yue Zhao , Kathryn M. Zurek

For explaining the AMS-02 cosmic positron excess, which was recently reported, we consider a scenario of thermally produced and decaying dark matter (DM) into the standard model (SM) leptons with an extremely small decay rate, \Gamma_{DM}…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-05-02 Ki-Young Choi , Bumseok Kyae , Chang Sub Shin

Dark matter (DM) with sizeable self-interactions mediated by a light species offers a compelling explanation of the observed galactic substructure; furthermore, the direct coupling between DM and a light particle contributes to the DM…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-07-18 Kalliopi Petraki , Lauren Pearce , Alexander Kusenko

Dark matter (DM) is a new type of invisible matter introduced to explain various features of recent astrophysical observations, including galaxy rotation curves and other fundamental characteristics of our universe. DM may couple to…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-06-24 Vindhyawasini Prasad

Global symmetry can guarantee the stability of dark matter particles (DMps). However, the nonminimal coupling between dark matter (DM) and gravity can destroy the global symmetry of DMps, which in turn leads to their decay. Under the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-09-07 Sun Xu-Dong , Dai Ben-Zhong

The existence of millicharged dark matter (mDM) can leave a measurable imprint on 21-cm cosmology through mDM-baryon scattering. However, the minimal scenario is severely constrained by existing cosmological bounds on both the fraction of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-12-25 Hongwan Liu , Nadav Joseph Outmezguine , Diego Redigolo , Tomer Volansky

It has been recently pointed out that a momentum-dependent coupling of the asymmetric Dark Matter (ADM) with nucleons can explain the broad disagreement between helioseismological observables and the predictions of standard solar models. In…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-07-06 P. S. Bhupal Dev , Daniele Teresi

We present a framework based on the standard type-I seesaw model that relates the baryon asymmetry of the universe to the dark matter (DM) density. The framework, which we name "Asymgenesis", relies on the presence of primordial charge…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-03 Martin A. Mojahed , Sascha Weber