We present a general classification of simplified models that lead to dark matter (DM) coannihilation processes of the form DM + X → SM1 + SM2, where X is a coannihilation partner for the DM particle and SM1, SM2 are Standard Model fields. Our classification also encompasses regular DM pair annihilation scenarios if DM and X are identical. Each coannhilation scenario motivates the introduction of a mediating particle M that can either belong to the Standard Model or be a new field, whereby the resulting interactions between the dark sector and the Standard Model are realized as tree-level and dimension-four couplings. We construct a basis of coannihilation models, classified by the SU(3)C × SU(2)L × U(1)Y quantum numbers of DM, X and M. Our main assumptions are that dark matter is an electrically neutral color singlet and that all new particles are either scalars, Dirac or Majorana fermions, or vectors. We illustrate how new scenarios arising from electroweak symmetry breaking effects can be connected to our electroweak symmetric simplified models. We offer a comprehensive discussion of the phenomenological features of our models, encompassing the physics of thermal freeze-out, direct and indirect detection constraints, and in particular searches at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Many novel signatures that are not covered in current LHC searches are emphasized, and new and improved LHC analyses tackling these signatures are proposed. We discuss how the coannihilation simplified models can be used to connect results from all classes of experiments in a straightforward and transparent way. This point is illustrated with a detailed discussion of the phenomenology of a particular simplified model featuring leptoquark-mediated dark matter coannihilation.
Baker, Michael J., et al. "The coannihilation codex." Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), vol. 2015, no. 12, Dec. 2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2015)120
Baker, Michael J., Brod, Joachim, El Hedri, Sonia, Kaminska, Anna, Kopp, Joachim, Liu, Jia, Thamm, Andrea, de Vries, Maikel, Wang, Xiao -Ping, Yu, Felix, & Zurita, José (2015). The coannihilation codex. Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), 2015(12). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2015)120
Baker, Michael J., Brod, Joachim, El Hedri, Sonia, et al., "The coannihilation codex," Journal of High Energy Physics (Online) 2015, no. 12 (2015), https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2015)120
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author = {Baker, Michael J. and Brod, Joachim and El Hedri, Sonia and Kaminska, Anna and Kopp, Joachim and Liu, Jia and Thamm, Andrea and de Vries, Maikel and Wang, Xiao -Ping and Yu, Felix and others},
title = {The coannihilation codex},
annote = {We present a general classification of simplified models that lead to dark matter (DM) coannihilation processes of the form DM + X → SM1 + SM2, where X is a coannihilation partner for the DM particle and SM1, SM2 are Standard Model fields. Our classification also encompasses regular DM pair annihilation scenarios if DM and X are identical. Each coannhilation scenario motivates the introduction of a mediating particle M that can either belong to the Standard Model or be a new field, whereby the resulting interactions between the dark sector and the Standard Model are realized as tree-level and dimension-four couplings. We construct a basis of coannihilation models, classified by the SU(3)C × SU(2)L × U(1)Y quantum numbers of DM, X and M. Our main assumptions are that dark matter is an electrically neutral color singlet and that all new particles are either scalars, Dirac or Majorana fermions, or vectors. We illustrate how new scenarios arising from electroweak symmetry breaking effects can be connected to our electroweak symmetric simplified models. We offer a comprehensive discussion of the phenomenological features of our models, encompassing the physics of thermal freeze-out, direct and indirect detection constraints, and in particular searches at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Many novel signatures that are not covered in current LHC searches are emphasized, and new and improved LHC analyses tackling these signatures are proposed. We discuss how the coannihilation simplified models can be used to connect results from all classes of experiments in a straightforward and transparent way. This point is illustrated with a detailed discussion of the phenomenology of a particular simplified model featuring leptoquark-mediated dark matter coannihilation.},
doi = {10.1007/JHEP12(2015)120},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1542103},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
issn = {ISSN 1029-8479},
number = {12},
volume = {2015},
place = {United States},
publisher = {Springer Berlin},
year = {2015},
month = {12}}
2011 International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC) and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Pacific Rim incorporating the Australasian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technologyhttps://doi.org/10.1109/iqec-cleo.2011.6193626
Proceedings of the International Quantum Electronics Conference and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim 2011https://doi.org/10.1364/iqec.2011.i91