A simplified model for dark matter interacting primarily with gluons

2015/06/17 by Rohini M. Godbole, Gaurav Mendiratta, Tim M. P. Tait
Physics and Astronomy · #Annihilation #Colored #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Dark matter #Gluon #Missing energy #Nuclear physics #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Quark #Scalar (mathematics) #Standard Model (mathematical formulation) #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/jhep08(2015)064

15 pages, 3 figures

arxiv created 2015/06/17 · openalex publication_date 2015/08/01 · arxiv updated 2015/09/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

We consider a simple renormalizable model providing a UV completion for dark matter whose interactions with the Standard Model are primarily via the gluons. The model consists of scalar dark matter interacting with scalar colored mediator particles. A novel feature is the fact that (in contrast to more typical models containing dark matter whose interactions are mediated via colored scalars) the colored scalars typically decay into multi-quark final states, with no associated missing energy. We construct this class of models and examine associated phenomena related to dark matter annihilation, scattering with nuclei, and production at colliders.

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