Probing the Dark Sector with Dark Matter Bound States
Abstract
A model of the dark sector where mass dark matter particles couple to a lighter dark force mediator , , is motivated by the recently discovered mismatch between simulated and observed shapes of galactic halos. Such models, in general, provide a challenge for direct detection efforts and collider searches. We demonstrate that for a large range of coupling constants and masses, the production and decay of the bound states of , such as and states, and , is an important search channel. We show that or production at factories for is sufficiently strong to result in multiple pairs of charged leptons and pions via and . The absence of such final states in the existing searches performed at BABAR and Belle sets new constraints on the parameter space of the model. We also show that a search for multiple bremsstrahlung of dark force mediators, , ending in missing energy and multiple leptons, will further improve the sensitivity to self-interacting dark matter.
- Authors:
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- California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
- Univ. of Victoria, BC (Canada); Perimeter Inst. for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, ON (Canada)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF); Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1598357
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1246753
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0011632; FG02-92ER40701; SC0010255; PHY-1066293
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 116; Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
Citation Formats
An, Haipeng, Echenard, Bertrand, Pospelov, Maxim, and Zhang, Yue. Probing the Dark Sector with Dark Matter Bound States. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.151801.
An, Haipeng, Echenard, Bertrand, Pospelov, Maxim, & Zhang, Yue. Probing the Dark Sector with Dark Matter Bound States. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.151801
An, Haipeng, Echenard, Bertrand, Pospelov, Maxim, and Zhang, Yue. Mon .
"Probing the Dark Sector with Dark Matter Bound States". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.151801. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1598357.
@article{osti_1598357,
title = {Probing the Dark Sector with Dark Matter Bound States},
author = {An, Haipeng and Echenard, Bertrand and Pospelov, Maxim and Zhang, Yue},
abstractNote = {A model of the dark sector where O(fewGeV) mass dark matter particles χ couple to a lighter dark force mediator V, mV≪mχ, is motivated by the recently discovered mismatch between simulated and observed shapes of galactic halos. Such models, in general, provide a challenge for direct detection efforts and collider searches. We demonstrate that for a large range of coupling constants and masses, the production and decay of the bound states of χ, such as 0-+ and 1-- states, ηD and ΥD, is an important search channel. We show that e+e-→ηD+V or ΥD+γ production at B factories for αD>0.1 is sufficiently strong to result in multiple pairs of charged leptons and pions via ηD→2V→2(l+l-) and ΥD→3V→3(l+l-) (l=e,μ,π). The absence of such final states in the existing searches performed at BABAR and Belle sets new constraints on the parameter space of the model. We also show that a search for multiple bremsstrahlung of dark force mediators, e+e-→χχ¯+nV, ending in missing energy and multiple leptons, will further improve the sensitivity to self-interacting dark matter.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.151801},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 15,
volume = 116,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Apr 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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