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Title: WIMP dark matter in the parity solution to the strong CP problem

Abstract

We extend the Standard Model (SM) with parity symmetry, motivated by the strong CP problem and dark matter. In our model, parity symmetry is conserved at high energy by introducing a mirror sector with the extra gauge symmetry, SU(2)R × U(1)R. The charges of SU(2)R × U(1)R are assigned to the mirror fields in the same way as in the SM, but the chiralities of the mirror fermions are opposite to respect the parity symmetry. The strong CP problem is resolved, since the mirror quarks are also charged under the SU(3)c in the SM. In the minimal setup, the mirror gauge symmetry leads to stable colored particles which would be inconsistent with the observed data, so that we introduce two scalars in order to deplete the stable colored particles. Interestingly, one of the scalars becomes stable because of the gauge symmetry and therefore can be a good dark matter candidate. We especially study the phenomenology relevant to the dark matter, i.e. thermal relic density, direct and indirect searches for the dark matter. The bounds from the LHC experiment and the Landau pole are also taken into account. As a result, we find that a limited region is viable: the mirrormore » up quark mass is around [600 GeV, 3 TeV] and the relative mass difference between the dark matter and the mirror up quark or electron is about O(1–10%). We also discuss the neutrino sector and show that the right-handed neutrinos in the mirror sector can increase the effective number of neutrinos or dark radiation by 0.14.« less

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States); Keio Univ., Yokohama (Japan)
  2. Technische Univ. Munchen, Garching (Germany); Univ. of Victoria, BC (Canada)
  3. Kindai Univ., Higashi-Osaka, Osaka (Japan)
  4. Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Agiltron, Inc., Woburn, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture (MEXT), Japan
OSTI Identifier:
1611609
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0011276
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2019; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer Berlin
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Physics; Beyond Standard Model; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; CP violation

Citation Formats

Kawamura, Junichiro, Okawa, Shohei, Omura, Yuji, and Tang, Yong. WIMP dark matter in the parity solution to the strong CP problem. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1007/jhep04(2019)162.
Kawamura, Junichiro, Okawa, Shohei, Omura, Yuji, & Tang, Yong. WIMP dark matter in the parity solution to the strong CP problem. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep04(2019)162
Kawamura, Junichiro, Okawa, Shohei, Omura, Yuji, and Tang, Yong. Tue . "WIMP dark matter in the parity solution to the strong CP problem". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep04(2019)162. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1611609.
@article{osti_1611609,
title = {WIMP dark matter in the parity solution to the strong CP problem},
author = {Kawamura, Junichiro and Okawa, Shohei and Omura, Yuji and Tang, Yong},
abstractNote = {We extend the Standard Model (SM) with parity symmetry, motivated by the strong CP problem and dark matter. In our model, parity symmetry is conserved at high energy by introducing a mirror sector with the extra gauge symmetry, SU(2)R × U(1)R. The charges of SU(2)R × U(1)R are assigned to the mirror fields in the same way as in the SM, but the chiralities of the mirror fermions are opposite to respect the parity symmetry. The strong CP problem is resolved, since the mirror quarks are also charged under the SU(3)c in the SM. In the minimal setup, the mirror gauge symmetry leads to stable colored particles which would be inconsistent with the observed data, so that we introduce two scalars in order to deplete the stable colored particles. Interestingly, one of the scalars becomes stable because of the gauge symmetry and therefore can be a good dark matter candidate. We especially study the phenomenology relevant to the dark matter, i.e. thermal relic density, direct and indirect searches for the dark matter. The bounds from the LHC experiment and the Landau pole are also taken into account. As a result, we find that a limited region is viable: the mirror up quark mass is around [600 GeV, 3 TeV] and the relative mass difference between the dark matter and the mirror up quark or electron is about O(1–10%). We also discuss the neutrino sector and show that the right-handed neutrinos in the mirror sector can increase the effective number of neutrinos or dark radiation by 0.14.},
doi = {10.1007/jhep04(2019)162},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
number = 4,
volume = 2019,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Tue Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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