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Title: WIMP cogenesis for asymmetric dark matter and the baryon asymmetry

Abstract

We propose a new mechanism where asymmetric dark matter (ADM) and the baryon asymmetry are both generated in the same decay chain of a metastable weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) after its thermal freezeout. Dark matter and baryons are connected by a generalized baryon number that is conserved, while the DM asymmetry and baryon asymmetry compensate each other. This unified framework addresses the DM-baryon coincidence while inheriting the merit of the conventional WIMP miracle in predicting relic abundances of matter. Examples of renormalizable models realizing this scenario are presented. These models generically predict ADM with sub-GeV to GeV-scale mass that interacts with Standard Model quarks or leptons, thus rendering potential signatures at direct detection experiments sensitive to low mass DM. Other interesting phenomenological predictions are also discussed, including: LHC signatures of new intermediate particles with color or electroweak charge and DM induced nucleon decay; the long-lived WIMP may be within reach of future high energy collider experiments.

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1851090
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0008541; PHY-1748958
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: 2020; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer Nature
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; beyond standard model; cosmology of theories beyond the SM

Citation Formats

Cui, Yanou, and Shamma, Michael. WIMP cogenesis for asymmetric dark matter and the baryon asymmetry. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1007/jhep12(2020)046.
Cui, Yanou, & Shamma, Michael. WIMP cogenesis for asymmetric dark matter and the baryon asymmetry. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep12(2020)046
Cui, Yanou, and Shamma, Michael. Wed . "WIMP cogenesis for asymmetric dark matter and the baryon asymmetry". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep12(2020)046. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1851090.
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abstractNote = {We propose a new mechanism where asymmetric dark matter (ADM) and the baryon asymmetry are both generated in the same decay chain of a metastable weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) after its thermal freezeout. Dark matter and baryons are connected by a generalized baryon number that is conserved, while the DM asymmetry and baryon asymmetry compensate each other. This unified framework addresses the DM-baryon coincidence while inheriting the merit of the conventional WIMP miracle in predicting relic abundances of matter. Examples of renormalizable models realizing this scenario are presented. These models generically predict ADM with sub-GeV to GeV-scale mass that interacts with Standard Model quarks or leptons, thus rendering potential signatures at direct detection experiments sensitive to low mass DM. Other interesting phenomenological predictions are also discussed, including: LHC signatures of new intermediate particles with color or electroweak charge and DM induced nucleon decay; the long-lived WIMP may be within reach of future high energy collider experiments.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 09 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Wed Dec 09 00:00:00 EST 2020}
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