baryon: dark matter

Detecting Stealth Dark Matter Directly through Electromagnetic Polarizability

We calculate the spin-independent scattering cross section for direct detection that results from the electromagnetic polarizability of a composite scalar “stealth baryon” dark matter candidate, arising from a dark SU(4) confining gauge …

Stealth Dark Matter: Dark scalar baryons through the Higgs portal

We present a new model of stealth dark matter: a composite baryonic scalar of an SU(ND) strongly coupled theory with even ND≥4. All mass scales are technically natural, and dark matter stability is automatic without imposing an additional discrete or …

Composite bosonic baryon dark matter on the lattice: SU(4) baryon spectrum and the effective Higgs interaction

We present the spectrum of baryons in a new SU(4) gauge theory with fundamental fermion constituents. The spectrum of these bosonic baryons is of significant interest for composite dark matter theories. Here, we compare the spectrum and properties of …

Lattice Calculation of Composite Dark Matter Form Factors

Composite dark matter candidates, which can arise from new strongly-coupled sectors, are well-motivated and phenomenologically interesting, particularly in the context of asymmetric generation of the relic density. In this work, we employ lattice …