Published November 15, 2012 | Version public
Journal Article

Supersymmetric dark matter sectors

Abstract

We investigate the properties of a dark matter sector where supersymmetry is a good symmetry. In this context we find that the stability of the dark matter candidate is possible even when R-parity is broken in the visible sector. In order to illustrate the idea we investigate a simple scenario where the dark matter candidate is the lightest scalar field in the dark sector which annihilates mainly into two sfermions when these channels are available. We study the relic density constraints and the predictions for the dark matter detection experiments.

Additional Information

© 2012 Elsevier B.V. Received 21 September 2012. Accepted 28 September 2012. Available online 2 October 2012. Editor: M. Cvetič. We would like to thank Pran Nath, Stefano Profumo, Sogee Spinner and Mark B. Wise for comments and discussions. The work of P.F.P. has been supported by the James Arthur Fellowship, CCPP, New York University. The work of J.M.A. and B.F. was supported in part by the US Department of Energy under contract No. DE-FG02-92ER40701.

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36160
DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2012.09.066
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Funding

New York University James Arthur Fellowship
Department of Energy (DOE)
DE-FG02-92ER40701

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