Speaker
Dr
David Sanford
(Caltech)
Description
I discuss models of WIMP dark matter in which the relic density is
achieved through mixing of a Standard Model singlet state and a state
charged under SU(2) X U(1). Such models provide a generalization of
the "well-tempered neutralino" scenario in supersymmetric theories,
and naturally lie within the range of the current generation of dark
matter direct detection experiments due to their Higgs coupling. I
explore the spin-independet direct detection bounds on three such
models, with a focus on the features of the parameter space which
survives LUX bounds and which lies beyond future XENON1T sensitivity.
Author
Dr
David Sanford
(Caltech)