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Title: Spin-dependent constraints on blind spots for thermal singlino-higgsino dark matter with(out) light singlets

Journal Article · · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
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  1. Univ. of Warsaw (Poland). Inst. of Theoretical Physics; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics, Dept. of Physics
  2. Univ. of Warsaw (Poland). Inst. of Theoretical Physics

The LUX experiment has recently set very strong constraints on spin-independent interactions of WIMP with nuclei. These null results can be accommodated in NMSSM provided that the effective spin-independent coupling of the LSP to nucleons is suppressed. Here, we investigate thermal relic abundance of singlino-higgsino LSP in these so-called spin-independent blind spots and derive current constraints and prospects for direct detection of spin-dependent interactions of the LSP with nuclei providing strong constraints on parameter space. We show that if the Higgs boson is the only light scalar the new LUX constraints set a lower bound on the LSP mass of about 300 GeV except for a small range around the half of Z 0 boson masses where resonant annihilation via Z 0 exchange dominates. XENON1T will probe entire range of LSP masses except for a tiny Z 0-resonant region that may be tested by the LZ experiment. These conclusions apply to general singlet-doublet dark matter annihilating dominantly to $$t\bar{t}$$. Presence of light singlet (pseudo)scalars generically relaxes the constraints because new LSP (resonant and non-resonant) annihilation channels become important. Even away from resonant regions, the lower limit on the LSP mass from LUX is relaxed to about 250 GeV while XENON1T may not be sensitive to the LSP masses above about 400 GeV.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Science Centre, Poland
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; PHY-1316783; DEC-2014/15/B/ST2/02157; DEC-2015/18/M/ST2/00054; DEC- 2012/04/A/ST2/00099; DEC-2015/19/N/ST2/01697
OSTI ID:
1418299
Journal Information:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Vol. 2017, Issue 7; ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer BerlinCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 23 works
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