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D'Eramo, F.; Di Valentino, E.; Giare, W.; Hajkarim, F.; Melchiorri, A.; Mena, O.; Renzi, F.; Yun, S. |
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Cosmological bound on the QCD axion mass, redux |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2022 |
Publication |
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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09 |
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9 |
Pages |
022 - 35pp |
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axions; cosmology of theories beyond the SM; cosmological neutrinos; neutrino masses from cosmology |
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We revisit the joint constraints in the mixed hot dark matter scenario in which both thermally produced QCD axions and relic neutrinos are present. Upon recomputing the cosmological axion abundance via recent advances in the literature, we improve the state-of-the-art analyses and provide updated bounds on axion and neutrino masses. By avoiding approximate methods, such as the instantaneous decoupling approximation, and limitations due to the limited validity of the perturbative approach in QCD that forced to artificially divide the constraints from the axion-pion and the axion-gluon production channels, we find robust and self-consistent limits. We investigate the two most popular axion frameworks: KSVZ and DFSZ. From Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) light element abundances data we find for the KSVZ axion Delta N-eff < 0.31 and an axion mass bound m(a) < 0.53 eV (i.e., a bound on the axion decay constant f(a) > 1.07 x 10(7) GeV) both at 95% CL. These BBN bounds are improved to Delta N-eff < 0.14 and m(a) < 0.16 eV (f(a) > 3.56 x 10(7) GeV) if a prior on the baryon energy density from Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) data is assumed. When instead considering cosmological observations from the CMB temperature, polarization and lensing from the Planck satellite combined with large scale structure data we find Delta N-eff < 0.23, m(a) < 0.28 eV (f(a) > 2.02 x 10(7) GeV) and Sigma m(nu) < 0.16 eV at 95% CL. This corresponds approximately to a factor of 5 improvement in the axion mass bound with respect to the existing limits. Very similar results are obtained for the DFSZ axion. We also forecast upcoming observations from future CMB and galaxy surveys, showing that they could reach percent level errors for m(a) similar to 1 eV. |
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[D'Eramo, Francesco; Hajkarim, Fazlollah; Yun, Seokhoon] Univ Padua, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padua, Italy, Email: francesco.deramo@pd.infn.it; |
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IOP Publishing Ltd |
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1475-7516 |
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WOS:000863296000010 |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5383 |
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Escudero, M.; Witte, S.J.; Rius, N. |
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The dispirited case of gauged U(1)(B-L) dark matter |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2018 |
Publication |
Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
| Volume |
08 |
Issue |
8 |
Pages |
190 - 30pp |
| Keywords |
Beyond Standard Model; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM |
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We explore the constraints and phenomenology of possibly the simplest scenario that could account at the same time for the active neutrino masses and the dark matter in the Universe within a gauged U(1)(B-L) symmetry, namely right-handed neutrino dark matter. We find that null searches from lepton and hadron colliders require dark matter with a mass below 900 GeV to annihilate through a resonance. Additionally, the very strong constraints from high-energy dilepton searches fully exclude the model for 150 GeV < m(z') < 3 TeV. We further explore the phenomenology in the high mass region (i.e. masses greater than or similar to O(1) TeV) and highlight theoretical arguments, related to the appearance of a Landau pole or an instability of the scalar potential, disfavoring large portions of this parameter space. Collectively, these considerations illustrate that a minimal extension of the Standard Model via a local U(1)(B-L) symmetry with a viable thermal dark matter candidate is difficult to achieve without fine-tuning. We conclude by discussing possible extensions of the model that relieve tension with collider constraints by reducing the gauge coupling required to produce the correct relic abundance. |
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[Escudero, Miguel] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Dept Fis Teor, C Catedrat Jose Beltran 2, E-46980 Paterna, Spain, Email: Miguel.Escudero@ific.uv.es; |
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1029-8479 |
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WOS:000443008100006 |
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no |
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yes |
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no |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3706 |
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Caron, S.; Casas, J.A.; Quilis, J.; Ruiz de Austri, R. |
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Anomaly-free dark matter with harmless direct detection constraints |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2018 |
Publication |
Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
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12 |
Issue |
12 |
Pages |
126 - 24pp |
| Keywords |
Beyond Standard Model; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM |
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Dark matter (DM) interacting with the SM fields via a Z-boson (Z-portal') remains one of the most attractive WIMP scenarios, both from the theoretical and the phenomenological points of view. In order to avoid the strong constraints from direct detection and dilepton production, it is highly convenient that the Z has axial coupling to DM and leptophobic couplings to the SM particles, respectively. The latter implies that the associated U(1) coincides with baryon number in the SM sector. In this paper we completely classify the possible anomaly-free leptophobic Z with minimal dark sector, including the cases where the coupling to DM is axial. The resulting scenario is very predictive and perfectly viable from the present constraints from DM detection, EW observables and LHC data (di-lepton, di-jet and mono-jet production). We analyze all these constraints, obtaining the allowed areas in the parameter space, which generically prefer mZ less than or similar to 500 GeV, apart from resonant regions. The best chances to test these viable areas come from future LHC measurements. |
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[Caron, S.] Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Fac Sci, Inst Math Astrophys & Particle Phys, Mailbox 79,POB 9010, NL-6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands, Email: scaron@cern.ch; |
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1029-8479 |
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WOS:000454274400004 |
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no |
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yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3856 |
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Hooper, D.; Leane, R.K.; Tsai, Y.D.; Wegsman, S.; Witte, S.J. |
| Title |
A systematic study of hidden sector dark matter: application to the gamma-ray and antiproton excesses |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2020 |
Publication |
Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
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07 |
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7 |
Pages |
163 - 38pp |
| Keywords |
Beyond Standard Model; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM |
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In hidden sector models, dark matter does not directly couple to the particle content of the Standard Model, strongly suppressing rates at direct detection experiments, while still allowing for large signals from annihilation. In this paper, we conduct an extensive study of hidden sector dark matter, covering a wide range of dark matter spins, mediator spins, interaction diagrams, and annihilation final states, in each case determining whether the annihilations are s-wave (thus enabling efficient annihilation in the universe today). We then go on to consider a variety of portal interactions that allow the hidden sector annihilation products to decay into the Standard Model. We broadly classify constraints from relic density requirements and dwarf spheroidal galaxy observations. In the scenario that the hidden sector was in equilibrium with the Standard Model in the early universe, we place a lower bound on the portal coupling, as well as on the dark matter's elastic scattering cross section with nuclei. We apply our hidden sector results to the observed Galactic Center gamma-ray excess and the cosmic-ray antiproton excess. We find that both of these excesses can be simultaneously explained by a variety of hidden sector models, without any tension with constraints from observations of dwarf spheroidal galaxies. |
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[Hooper, Dan; Tsai, Yu-Dai] Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab, Fermilab, Batavia, IL 60510 USA, Email: dhooper@fnal.gov; |
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1029-8479 |
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WOS:000555828300002 |
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yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4491 |
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Bernal, N.; Donini, A.; Folgado, M.G.; Rius, N. |
| Title |
Kaluza-Klein FIMP dark matter in warped extra-dimensions |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2020 |
Publication |
Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
| Volume |
09 |
Issue |
9 |
Pages |
142 - 31pp |
| Keywords |
Beyond Standard Model; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM |
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We study for the first time the case in which Dark Matter (DM) is made of Feebly Interacting Massive Particles (FIMP) interacting just gravitationally with the standard model particles in an extra-dimensional Randall-Sundrum scenario. We assume that both the dark matter and the standard model are localized in the IR-brane and only interact via gravitational mediators, namely the graviton, the Kaluza-Klein gravitons and the radion. We found that in the early Universe DM could be generated via two main processes: the direct freeze-in and the sequential freeze-in. The regions where the observed DM relic abundance is produced are largely compatible with cosmological and collider bounds. |
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[Bernal, Nicolas] Univ Antonio Narino, Ctr Invest, Carrera 3 Este 47A-15, Bogota, Colombia, Email: nicolas.bernal@uan.edu.co; |
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WOS:000574609100005 |
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International Collaboration |
yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4552 |
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