From Gamma Ray Line Signals of Dark Matter to the LHC

Abstract

We explore the relationship between astrophysical gamma-ray signals and LHC signatures for a class of phenomenologically successful secluded dark matter models, motivated by recent evidence for a ~130@?GeV gamma-ray line. We consider in detail scenarios in which interactions between the dark sector and the standard model are mediated by a vev-less scalar field @f, transforming as an N-plet (N textgreater@?3) under SU(2)_L. Since some of the component fields of @f carry large electric charges, loop induced dark matter annihilation to @c@c and @cZ can be enhanced without the need for non-perturbatively large couplings, and without overproduction of continuum gamma-rays from other final states. We discuss prospects for other experimental tests, including dark matter-nucleon scattering and production of @f at the LHC, where future searches for anomalous charged tracks may be sensitive. The first LHC hints could come from the Higgs sector, where loop corrections involving @f lead to significantly modified h -textgreater@?@c@c and h@?-textgreater@?@cZ branching ratios.

Publication
Phys.Dark Univ.

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