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Minimal dark matter in type III seesaw

Eung Jin Chun

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We explore the possibility of a new dark matter candidate in the supersymmetric type III seesaw mechanism where a neutral scalar component of the Y = 0 triplet can be the lightest supersymmetric particle. Its thermal abundance can be in the right range if non-standard cosmology such as kination domination is assumed. The enhanced cross-section of the dark matter annihilation to W+W can leave detectable astrophysical and cosmological signals whose current observational data puts a lower bound on the dark matter mass. The model predicts the existence of a charged scalar almost degenerate with the dark matter scalar and its lifetime lies between 5.5 cm and 6.3 m. It provides a novel opportunity of the dark mater mass measurement by identifying slowly-moving and highly-ionizing tracks in the LHC experiments. If the ordinary lightest supersymmetric particle is the usual Bino, its decay leads to clean signatures of same-sign dilepton and di-charged-scalar associated with observable displaced vertices which are essentially background-free and can be fully reconstructed.

Keywords

Beyond Standard Model

Neutrino Physics

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM

 

E-print Number: 0909.3408

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PACS

95.35.+d Dark matter (stellar, interstellar, galactic, and cosmological)

95.30.Cq Elementary particle processes

14.80.Ly Supersymmetric partners of known particles

11.30.Pb Supersymmetry

98.80.Cq Particle-theory and field-theory models of the early Universe (including cosmic pancakes, cosmic strings, chaotic phenomena, inflationary universe, etc.)

12.60.Jv Supersymmetric models

Subjects

Gravitation and cosmology

Particle physics and field theory

Astrophysics and astroparticles

Dates

Issue 12 (December 2009)

Received 1 October 2009, accepted for publication 19 November 2009

Published 18 December 2009



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