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Z' mediated WIMPs: dead, dying, or soon to be detected?

Name: Z′ mediated WIMPs: dead, dying, or soon to be detected?
Keywords: dark matter theory, dark matter detectors, dark matter experiments, Astronomy and Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment

Miguel Escudero; Carlos Blanco; Samuel J. Witte; Dan Hooper;

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Published: 21 Nov 2019

Publisher: IOP Publishing

Country: Spain

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Although weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) have long been among the most studied and theoretically attractive classes of candidates for the dark matter of our universe, the lack of their detection in direct detection and collider experiments has begun to dampen enthusiasm for this paradigm. In this study, we set out to appraise the status of the WIMP paradigm, focusing on the case of dark matter candidates that interact with the Standard Model through a new gauge boson. After considering a wide range of $Z'$ mediated dark matter models, we quantitatively evaluate the fraction of the parameter space that has been excluded by existing experiments, and t...

doi: 10.1088/1475-7516/2019/11/024

handle: 10261/207257

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free text keywords: dark matter theory, dark matter detectors, dark matter experiments, Astronomy and Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, WIMP, Gauge boson, Weakly interacting massive particles, Dark matter, Neutrino, Universe, media_common.quotation_subject, media_common, Physics, Majorana fermion, Standard Model, Particle physics

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Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spanish National Research Council)
Spain
University of Valencia
Spain
United States Department of Energy - Fermilab
United States

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