Published January 19, 2015 | Version v1
Journal article

Continuous Flavor Symmetries and the Stability of Asymmetric Dark Matter

  • 1. Univ. of Cincinnati, OH (United States)
  • 2. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Description

Generically, the asymmetric interactions in asymmetric dark matter (ADM) models could lead to decaying DM. We show that, for ADM that carries nonzero baryon number, continuous flavor symmetries that generate the flavor structure in the quark sector also imply a looser lower bound on the mass scale of the asymmetric mediators between the dark and visible sectors. Furthermore, the mediators for B = 2 ADM that can produce a signal in the future indirect dark matter searches can thus also be searched for at the LHC. For two examples of the mediator models, with either the MFV or Froggatt-Nielsen flavor breaking pattern, we derive the FCNC constraints and discuss the search strategies at the LHC

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Available from: DOI:10.1007/JHEP01(2015)089 ; DOE Accepted Manuscript full text, or the publishers Best Available Version will be available free of charge after the embargo period from OSTI using http://www.osti.gov/pages/biblio/1226284

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Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2015
Journal Issue
89
Journal Page Range
41 p.
ISSN
1029-8479

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