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Asymmetric Twin Dark Matter

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-11-11 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

We study a natural implementation of Asymmetric Dark Matter in Twin Higgs models. The mirroring of the Standard Model strong sector suggests that a twin baryon with mass around 5 GeV is a natural Dark Matter candidate once a twin baryon number asymmetry comparable to the SM asymmetry is generated. We explore twin baryon Dark Matter in two different scenarios, one with minimal content in the twin sector and one with a complete copy of the SM, including a light twin photon. The essential requirements for successful thermal history are presented, and in doing so we address some of the cosmological issues common to many Twin Higgs models. The required interactions we introduce predict signatures at direct detection experiments and at the LHC.

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@article{arxiv.1506.03520,
  title  = {Asymmetric Twin Dark Matter},
  author = {Marco Farina},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.03520},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

15 pages, 2 figures, v2: final revision with minor corrections, matches the version published in JCAP

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