Scalar Multiplet Dark Matter in a Fast Expanding Universe: resurrection of the desert region

20 May 2021, 14:45
15m

Speaker

Dr Abhijit Kumar Saha (Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science)

Description

We examine the impact of a faster expanding Universe on the phenomenology of scalar dark matter (DM) associated with SU(2)L multiplets. Earlier works with radiation dominated Universe have reported the presence of desert region for both inert SU(2)L doublet and triplet DM candidates where the DM is under abundant. We find that the existence of a faster expanding component before BBN can revive a major part of the desert parameter space consistent with relic density requirements and other direct and indirect search bounds. We also review the possible collider search prospects of the newly obtained parameter space and show that such region can be probed at the future colliders with improved sensitivity via a stable charged track.

Authors

Mr Basabendu Barman (IIT Guwahati) Dr Purusottam Ghosh (Harish Chandra Research Institute) Dr Farinaldo S. Queiroz (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte) Dr Abhijit Kumar Saha (Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science)

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