Probing the scotogenic FIMP at the LHC

Andre G. Hessler, Alejandro Ibarra, Emiliano Molinaro, Stefan Vogl

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Abstract

We analyse the signatures at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) of the scotogenic model, when the lightest Z2-odd particle is a singlet fermion and a feebly interacting massive particle (FIMP). We further assume that the singlet fermion constitutes the dark matter and that it is produced in the early Universe via the freeze-in mechanism. The small couplings required to reproduce the observed dark matter abundance translate into decay-lengths for the next-to-lightest Z2-odd particle which can be macroscopic, potentially leading to spectacular signatures at the LHC. We characterize the possible signals of the model according to the spectrum of the Z2-odd particles and we derive, for each of the cases, bounds on the parameters of the model from current searches.

Original languageEnglish
Article number100
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2017
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2017

Keywords

  • Beyond Standard Model
  • Neutrino Physics

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