t-channel dark matter models – a whitepaper

The European Physical Journal C, vol. 85

Abstract

Abstract This report, summarising work achieved in the context of the LHC Dark Matter Working Group, investigates the phenomenology of t -channel dark matter models, spanning minimal setups with a single dark matter candidate and mediator to more complex constructions closer to UV-complete models. For each considered class of models, we examine collider, cosmological and astrophysical implications. In addition, we explore scenarios with either promptly decaying or long-lived particles, as well as featuring diverse dark matter production mechanisms in the early universe. By providing a unified analysis framework, numerical tools and guidelines, this work aims to support future experimental and theoretical efforts in exploring t -channel dark matter models at colliders and in cosmology.

Authors 69

1. Chiara Arina

   UCLouvain

   Affiliation as printed

   Centre for Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology (CP3), Université catholique de Louvain

2. Benjamin Fuks corresponding

   Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Sorbonne Université · Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies

   Affiliation as printed

   Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Énergies (LPTHE), UMR 7589, Sorbonne Université & CNRS

3. Luca Panizzi

   Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Gruppo Collegato di Cosenza · University of Calabria

   Affiliation as printed

   Dipartimento di Fisica, Università della Calabria

   INFN-Cosenza

   INFN-Cosenza, 87036, Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza, Italy

4. Michael J. Baker

   University of Massachusetts Amherst

   Affiliation as printed

   University of Massachusetts

   Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA

5. Alan S. Cornell

   University of Johannesburg

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   University of Johannesburg

   Department of Physics, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa

6. Jan Heisig Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University

7. Benedikt Maier

   Imperial College London

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   Imperial College

   Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK

8. R. Pedro

   LIP - Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics

   Affiliation as printed

   Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas

9. D. A. Trischuk

   Brandeis University

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   Brandeis University

   Department of Physics, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA

10. Diyar Agin

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Sorbonne Université · Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies

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    Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Énergies (LPTHE), UMR 7589, Sorbonne Université & CNRS

11. Alexandre Arbey

    Lyon 1 Université · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules · Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon

    Affiliation as printed

    Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IP2I UMR 5822

12. Giorgio Arcadi

    University of Messina · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania

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    INFN Sezione di Catania

    Universita degli Studi di Messina

    Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche e Informatiche, Scienze Fisiche e Scienze della Terra, Universita degli Studi di Messina, Via Ferdinando Stagno d'Alcontres 31, 98166, Messina, Italy

    INFN Sezione di Catania, Via Santa Sofia 64, 95123, Catania, Italy

13. Emanuele Bagnaschi

    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati

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    INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati

    INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via E. Fermi 40, 00044, Frascati, RM, Italy

14. K. Bai

    University of Oregon

    Affiliation as printed

    University of Oregon

    University of Oregon, 1585 E 13th Ave, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA

15. Disha Bhatia

    Universidade de São Paulo

    Affiliation as printed

    Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo

16. Mathias Becker

    University of Padua · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova

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    Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova

    INFN, Sezione di Padova

    Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

17. A. Belyaev

    Rutherford Appleton Laboratory · University of Southampton

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    Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

    University of Southampton

    Particle Physics Department, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, UK

    School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK

18. Ferdinand Benoit

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Sorbonne Université · Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies

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    Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Énergies (LPTHE), UMR 7589, Sorbonne Université & CNRS

19. Monika Blanke A

    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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    Institut für Theoretische Teilchenphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

20. J. C. Burzynski

    Simon Fraser University

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    Simon Fraser University

    Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Dr W, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, Canada

21. Jonathan Mark Butterworth

    University College London

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    Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London

    Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, UK

22. Antimo Cagnotta

    Texas A&M University

    Affiliation as printed

    Texas A&M University

    Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

23. Lorenzo Calibbi

    Nankai University

    Affiliation as printed

    Nankai University

    School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China

24. Linda M. Carpenter

    The Ohio State University

    Affiliation as printed

    The Ohio State University

    Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA

25. Xabier Cid Vidal

    Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

    Affiliation as printed

    Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

26. Emanuele Copello

    Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

    Affiliation as printed

    Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

27. L. D. Corpe

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Université Clermont Auvergne · Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont Auvergne · Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules

    Affiliation as printed

    Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPCA

28. Francesco D’Eramo

    University of Padua · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova

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    Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova

    INFN, Sezione di Padova

29. Aldo Deandrea

    Lyon 1 Université · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · University of Johannesburg · Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules · Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon

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    University of Johannesburg

    Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IP2I UMR 5822

30. Ajit Desai

    The University of Adelaide

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    The University of Adelaide

    Department of Physics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia

31. Caterina Doglioni

    University of Manchester

    Affiliation as printed

    University of Manchester

    School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

32. S. Dogra

    Kyungpook National University

    Affiliation as printed

    Kyungpook National University

    Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea

33. Mathias Garny

    Technical University of Munich

    Affiliation as printed

    Technical University of Munich

    Department of Physics, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748, Garching, Germany

34. Mark D. Goodsell

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Sorbonne Université · Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies

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    Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Énergies (LPTHE), UMR 7589, Sorbonne Université & CNRS

35. Sohaib Hassan

    University of Bergen

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    University of Bergen

    University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

36. Philip Coleman Harris

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139-4307, USA

37. Julia Harz

    Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

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    Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

38. Alejandro Ibarra

    Technical University of Munich

    Affiliation as printed

    Technical University of Munich

    Department of Physics, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748, Garching, Germany

39. Alberto Orso Maria Iorio

    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli · University of Naples Federico II

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    Dipartimento di Fisica E. Pancini, Universitá di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant’Angelo

    INFN, Sezione di Napoli

40. Felix Kahlhoefer

    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

41. D. Kar

    University of the Witwatersrand · University of Glasgow

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    Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellow at the University of Glasgow

    University of Witwatersrand

    Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellow at the University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

    School of Physics, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

42. Shaaban Khalil

    Zewail City of Science and Technology

    Affiliation as printed

    Center for Fundamental Physics, Zewail City of Science and Technology

    Center for Fundamental Physics, Zewail City of Science and Technology, 6th of October City, Giza, 12578, Egypt

43. Valery A. Khoze

    Durham University

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    Durham University

    IPPP, Durham University, Durham, UK

44. Pyungwon Ko

    Korea Institute for Advanced Study

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    School of Physics, Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS)

    School of Physics, Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS), 85 Hoegi-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 02455, Republic of Korea

45. Sabine Kraml

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules · Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie · Université Grenoble Alpes

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    Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3

46. G. Landsberg

    Brown University

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    Brown University

    Department of Physics, Brown University, 182 Hope St., Providence, RI, 02912, USA

47. André Lessa

    Universidade Federal do ABC

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    Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC

48. Laura Lopez-Honorez

    Université Libre de Bruxelles · Vrije Universiteit Brussel · International Solvay Institutes

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    Service de Physique Théorique, C.P. 225, Université Libre de Bruxelles

    Theoretische Natuurkunde & The International Solvay Institutes, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

    Theoretische Natuurkunde & The International Solvay Institutes, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium

49. Alberto Mariotti

    Vrije Universiteit Brussel · International Solvay Institutes

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    IIHE/ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

    Theoretische Natuurkunde & The International Solvay Institutes, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

    Theoretische Natuurkunde & The International Solvay Institutes, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium

50. Vasiliki A. Mitsou

    Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · Universitat de València · Instituto de Física Corpuscular

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    Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC-Universitat de València

51. Kirtimaan Ajaykant Mohan

    Michigan State University

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    Michigan State University

    Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, 567 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA

52. C. S. Moon

    Kyungpook National University

    Affiliation as printed

    Kyungpook National University

    Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea

53. Alexander Moreno Briceño

    Universidad Antonio Nariño

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    Universidad Antonio Nariño

54. M. Moreno Llácer

    Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · Universitat de València · Instituto de Física Corpuscular

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    Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC-Universitat de València

55. Léandre Munoz-Aillaud

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Sorbonne Université · Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies

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    Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Énergies (LPTHE), UMR 7589, Sorbonne Université & CNRS

56. Taylor Murphy

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Sorbonne Université · Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies · Miami University

    Affiliation as printed

    Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Énergies (LPTHE), UMR 7589, Sorbonne Université & CNRS

    Miami University

    Department of Physics, Miami University, 500 E. Spring St., Oxford, OH, 45056, USA

57. Anele M. Ncube

    University of Johannesburg

    Affiliation as printed

    University of Johannesburg

    Department of Physics, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa

58. Wandile Nzuza

    University of the Witwatersrand

    Affiliation as printed

    University of Witwatersrand

    School of Physics, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

59. Lena Rathmann Aachen

    RWTH Aachen University

    Affiliation as printed

    RWTH Aachen University

60. Thobani Sangweni

    University of Cape Town

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    University of Cape Town

    Department of Physics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

61. Dipan Sengupta

    UNSW Sydney

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    The University of New South Wales

    Sydney Consortium for Particle Physics and Cosmology, School of Physics, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia

62. William Shepherd

    Sam Houston State University

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    Sam Houston State University

    Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA

63. S. Sinha

    University of Manchester

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    University of Manchester

    School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

64. Tim M. P. Tait

    University of California, Irvine

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    University of California

    University of California, Irvine, USA

65. Andrea Thamm

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

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    University of Massachusetts

    Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA

66. Michel H. G. Tytgat

    Université Libre de Bruxelles

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    Service de Physique Théorique, C.P. 225, Université Libre de Bruxelles

67. Z. Wang

    Fudan University

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    Fudan University

    Fudan University, Shanghai, 200443, People's Republic of China

68. D. Yu

    University at Buffalo, State University of New York

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    State University of New York at Buffalo

    Department of Physics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA

69. Shin-Shan Yu

    Catholic University of America

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    The Catholic University of America

    Department of Physics, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 20064, USA