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Closing the window on WIMP Dark Matter

We study scenarios where Dark Matter is a weakly interacting particle (WIMP) embedded in an ElectroWeak multiplet. In particular, we consider real SU(2) representations with zero hypercharge, that automatically avoid direct detection constraints from tree-level Z-exchange. We compute for the first t...

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Autores principales: Bottaro, Salvatore, Buttazzo, Dario, Costa, Marco, Franceschini, Roberto, Panci, Paolo, Redigolo, Diego, Vittorio, Ludovico
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09917-9
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2776528
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author Bottaro, Salvatore
Buttazzo, Dario
Costa, Marco
Franceschini, Roberto
Panci, Paolo
Redigolo, Diego
Vittorio, Ludovico
author_facet Bottaro, Salvatore
Buttazzo, Dario
Costa, Marco
Franceschini, Roberto
Panci, Paolo
Redigolo, Diego
Vittorio, Ludovico
author_sort Bottaro, Salvatore
collection CERN
description We study scenarios where Dark Matter is a weakly interacting particle (WIMP) embedded in an ElectroWeak multiplet. In particular, we consider real SU(2) representations with zero hypercharge, that automatically avoid direct detection constraints from tree-level Z-exchange. We compute for the first time all the calculable thermal masses for scalar and fermionic WIMPs, including Sommerfeld enhancement and bound states formation at leading order in gauge boson exchange and emission. WIMP masses of few hundred TeV are shown to be compatible both with s-wave unitarity of the annihilation cross-section, and perturbativity. We also provide theory uncertainties on the masses for all multiplets, which are shown to be significant for large SU(2) multiplets. We then outline a strategy to probe these scenarios at future experiments. Electroweak 3-plets and 5-plets have masses up to about 16 TeV and can efficiently be probed at a high energy muon collider. We study various experimental signatures, such as single and double gauge boson emission with missing energy, and disappearing tracks, and determine the collider energy and luminosity required to probe the thermal Dark Matter masses. Larger multiplets are out of reach of any realistic future collider, but can be tested in future $\gamma $-ray telescopes and possibly in large-exposure liquid Xenon experiments.
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spelling cern-27765282022-01-21T03:08:43Zdoi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09917-9http://cds.cern.ch/record/2776528engBottaro, SalvatoreButtazzo, DarioCosta, MarcoFranceschini, RobertoPanci, PaoloRedigolo, DiegoVittorio, LudovicoClosing the window on WIMP Dark Matterhep-phParticle Physics - PhenomenologyWe study scenarios where Dark Matter is a weakly interacting particle (WIMP) embedded in an ElectroWeak multiplet. In particular, we consider real SU(2) representations with zero hypercharge, that automatically avoid direct detection constraints from tree-level Z-exchange. We compute for the first time all the calculable thermal masses for scalar and fermionic WIMPs, including Sommerfeld enhancement and bound states formation at leading order in gauge boson exchange and emission. WIMP masses of few hundred TeV are shown to be compatible both with s-wave unitarity of the annihilation cross-section, and perturbativity. We also provide theory uncertainties on the masses for all multiplets, which are shown to be significant for large SU(2) multiplets. We then outline a strategy to probe these scenarios at future experiments. Electroweak 3-plets and 5-plets have masses up to about 16 TeV and can efficiently be probed at a high energy muon collider. We study various experimental signatures, such as single and double gauge boson emission with missing energy, and disappearing tracks, and determine the collider energy and luminosity required to probe the thermal Dark Matter masses. Larger multiplets are out of reach of any realistic future collider, but can be tested in future $\gamma $-ray telescopes and possibly in large-exposure liquid Xenon experiments.We study scenarios where Dark Matter is a weakly interacting particle (WIMP) embedded in an ElectroWeak multiplet. In particular, we consider real SU(2) representations with zero hypercharge, that automatically avoid direct detection constraints from tree-level $Z$-exchange. We compute for the first time all the calculable thermal masses for scalar and fermionic WIMPs, including Sommerfeld enhancement and bound states formation at leading order in gauge boson exchange and emission. WIMP masses of few hundred TeV are shown to be compatible both with s-wave unitarity of the annihilation cross-section, and perturbativity. We also provide theory uncertainties on the masses for all multiplets, which are shown to be significant for large SU(2) multiplets. We then outline a strategy to probe these scenarios at future experiments. Electroweak 3-plets and 5-plets have masses up to about 16 TeV and can efficiently be probed at a high energy muon collider. We study various experimental signatures, such as single and double gauge boson emission with missing energy, and disappearing tracks, and determine the collider energy and luminosity required to probe the thermal Dark Matter masses. Larger multiplets are out of reach of any realistic future collider, but can be tested in future $\gamma$ ray telescopes and possibly in large-exposure liquid Xenon experiments.arXiv:2107.09688oai:cds.cern.ch:27765282021-07-20
spellingShingle hep-ph
Particle Physics - Phenomenology
Bottaro, Salvatore
Buttazzo, Dario
Costa, Marco
Franceschini, Roberto
Panci, Paolo
Redigolo, Diego
Vittorio, Ludovico
Closing the window on WIMP Dark Matter
title Closing the window on WIMP Dark Matter
title_full Closing the window on WIMP Dark Matter
title_fullStr Closing the window on WIMP Dark Matter
title_full_unstemmed Closing the window on WIMP Dark Matter
title_short Closing the window on WIMP Dark Matter
title_sort closing the window on wimp dark matter
topic hep-ph
Particle Physics - Phenomenology
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09917-9
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2776528
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