Spin-2 portal dark matter
Abstract
We generalize models invoking a spin-2 particle as a mediator between the dark sector and the standard model. We show that a massive spin-2 messenger can efficiently play the role of a portal between the two sectors. The dark matter is then produced via a freeze-in mechanism during the reheating epoch. In a large part of the parameter space, production through the exchange of a massive spin-2 mediator dominates over processes involving a graviton with Planck suppressed couplings. We perform a systematic analysis of such models for different values of the spin-2 mass relative to the maximum and the final temperature attained at reheating.
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- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States); Univ. of Paris-Sud and CNRS, Orsay (France); Univ. Antonio Nariño, Bogotá (Colombia)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); France-US International Programs for Scientific Cooperation (PICS); European Union (EU); European Research Council (ERC); National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) (Brazil); Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) (Spain); Univ. Antonio Nariño (Colombia)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1454352
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1503901
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0011842; 06482; 690575; 674896; 202055/2015-9; FPA2017-84543-P; 2017239
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. D.
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Journal Volume: 97 Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; particle dark matter; weakly interacting massive particles
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Bernal, Nicolás, Dutra, Maíra, Mambrini, Yann, Olive, Keith, Peloso, Marco, and Pierre, Mathias. Spin-2 portal dark matter. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.97.115020.
Bernal, Nicolás, Dutra, Maíra, Mambrini, Yann, Olive, Keith, Peloso, Marco, & Pierre, Mathias. Spin-2 portal dark matter. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.115020
Bernal, Nicolás, Dutra, Maíra, Mambrini, Yann, Olive, Keith, Peloso, Marco, and Pierre, Mathias. Wed .
"Spin-2 portal dark matter". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.115020.
@article{osti_1454352,
title = {Spin-2 portal dark matter},
author = {Bernal, Nicolás and Dutra, Maíra and Mambrini, Yann and Olive, Keith and Peloso, Marco and Pierre, Mathias},
abstractNote = {We generalize models invoking a spin-2 particle as a mediator between the dark sector and the standard model. We show that a massive spin-2 messenger can efficiently play the role of a portal between the two sectors. The dark matter is then produced via a freeze-in mechanism during the reheating epoch. In a large part of the parameter space, production through the exchange of a massive spin-2 mediator dominates over processes involving a graviton with Planck suppressed couplings. We perform a systematic analysis of such models for different values of the spin-2 mass relative to the maximum and the final temperature attained at reheating.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.97.115020},
journal = {Physical Review. D.},
number = 11,
volume = 97,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 13 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Wed Jun 13 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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