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Dark matter from hidden forces

Hooman Davoudiasl and Ian M. Lewis

  • Department of Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA

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Phys. Rev. D 89, 055026 – Published 25 March, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.89.055026

Abstract

We examine the possibility that dark matter may be the manifestation of dark forces of a hidden sector, i.e. “dark force=dark matter.” As an illustrative and minimal example we consider the hidden SU(2)h×U(1)h gauge group. The hidden dynamics is indirectly coupled to the Standard Model (SM) through kinetic mixing of U(1)h with the U(1)Y of hypercharge. We assume a hidden symmetry-breaking pattern analogous to that of the SM electroweak symmetry, augmented with an extra scalar that allows both the “hidden Z boson” Zh and the “hidden photon” γh to be massive. The “hidden W” bosons Wh± are dark matter in this scenario. This generic setup can readily accommodate potential direct detection signals for light dark matter. For some choices of parameters, the model can lead to signals both in “dark matter beam” experiments, from Zh→WhWh, as well as in experiments that look for visible signals of dark photons, mediated by γh. Other possible phenomenological consequences are also briefly discussed.

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Phys. Rev. D 89, 055026– Published 25 March, 2014
  • Received 11 October 2013

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