Global constraints on vector-like WIMP effective interactions

Blennow, Mattias; Coloma, Pilar; Fernandez-Martinez, Enrique; Machado, Pedro A. N.; Zaldivar, Bryan

doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2016/04/015

Title: Global constraints on vector-like WIMP effective interactions

Abstract

In this work we combine information from relic abundance, direct detection, cosmic microwave background, positron fraction, gamma rays, and colliders to explore the existing constraints on couplings between Dark Matter and Standard Model constituents when no underlying model or correlation is assumed. For definiteness, we include independent vector-like effective interactions for each Standard Model fermion. Our results show that low Dark Matter masses below 20 GeV are disfavoured at the 3 σ level with respect to higher masses, due to the tension between the relic abundance requirement and upper constraints on the Dark Matter couplings. Lastly, large couplings are typically only allowed in combinations which avoid effective couplings to the nuclei used in direct detection experiments.

Authors:

Blennow, Mattias ^[1]; Coloma, Pilar ^[2]; Fernandez-Martinez, Enrique ^[3]; Machado, Pedro A. N. ^[3]; Zaldivar, Bryan ^[4]

Royal Inst. Tech., Stockholm (Sweden)
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Univ. Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid (Spain); Instituto de Fisica Teorica UAM/CSIC, Madrid (Spain)
Univ. Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (Belgium)

Publication Date:: Thu Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

OSTI Identifier:: 1253004

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-15-374-T; arXiv:1509.01587
Journal ID: ISSN 1475-7516; 1391960

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 2016; Journal Issue: 04; Journal ID: ISSN 1475-7516

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; dark matter theory; dark matter experiments

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                    Blennow, Mattias, Coloma, Pilar, Fernandez-Martinez, Enrique, Machado, Pedro A. N., and Zaldivar, Bryan. Global constraints on vector-like WIMP effective interactions.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
Web.  doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2016/04/015.

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                    Blennow, Mattias, Coloma, Pilar, Fernandez-Martinez, Enrique, Machado, Pedro A. N., & Zaldivar, Bryan. Global constraints on vector-like WIMP effective interactions.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/04/015

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                    Blennow, Mattias, Coloma, Pilar, Fernandez-Martinez, Enrique, Machado, Pedro A. N., and Zaldivar, Bryan. Thu .  
"Global constraints on vector-like WIMP effective interactions".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/04/015.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1253004.

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  title        = {Global constraints on vector-like WIMP effective interactions},

  author       = {Blennow, Mattias and Coloma, Pilar and Fernandez-Martinez, Enrique and Machado, Pedro A. N. and Zaldivar, Bryan},

  abstractNote = {In this work we combine information from relic abundance, direct detection, cosmic microwave background, positron fraction, gamma rays, and colliders to explore the existing constraints on couplings between Dark Matter and Standard Model constituents when no underlying model or correlation is assumed. For definiteness, we include independent vector-like effective interactions for each Standard Model fermion. Our results show that low Dark Matter masses below 20 GeV are disfavoured at the 3 σ  level with respect to higher masses, due to the tension between the relic abundance requirement and upper constraints on the Dark Matter couplings. Lastly, large couplings are typically only allowed in combinations which avoid effective couplings to the nuclei used in direct detection experiments.},

  doi          = {10.1088/1475-7516/2016/04/015},

  journal      = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics},

  number       = 04,

  volume       = 2016,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016},

  month        = {Thu Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016}

}

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