Dark discrete gauge symmetries

2010/07/23 by Brian Batell · 96 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Cosmology #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Dark energy #Dark fluid #Dark matter #Gauge symmetry #Gauge theory #Gravitino #Hidden sector #Higgs boson #Hot dark matter #Light dark matter #Mixed dark matter #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Physics beyond the Standard Model #Scalar field dark matter #Supersymmetry #Warm dark matter #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.83.035006

published in Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields 83(3) (American Physical Society) · 12 pages, 2 figures; v2: references added

arxiv created 2010/07/23 · openalex publication_date 2011/02/07 · arxiv updated 2011/02/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We investigate scenarios in which dark matter is stabilized by an Abelian Z_N discrete gauge symmetry. Models are surveyed according to symmetries and matter content. Multicomponent dark matter arises when N is not prime and Z_N contains one or more subgroups. The dark sector interacts with the visible sector through the renormalizable kinetic mixing and Higgs portal operators, and we highlight the basic phenomenology in these scenarios. In particular, multiple species of dark matter can lead to an unconventional nuclear recoil spectrum in direct detection experiments, while the presence of new light states in the dark sector can dramatically affect the decays of the Higgs at the Tevatron and LHC, thus providing a window into the gauge origin of the stability of dark matter.

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