Maximally self-interacting dark matter: models and predictions [CL]

http://arxiv.org/abs/2007.15522


We study self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) scenarios, where the $s$-wave self-scattering cross section almost saturates the Unitarity bound. Such self-scattering cross sections are featured by strong velocity dependence in a wide range of velocities. They may be indicated by observations of dark matter halos in a wide range of masses, from Milky Way’s dwarf spheroidal galaxies to galaxy clusters. We pin down the model parameters that saturates the Unitarity bound in well-motivated SIDM models: the gauged $L_{\mu} – L_{\tau}$ model and composite asymmetric dark matter model. We discuss implications and predictions of such model parameters for cosmology like the $H_{0}$ tension and dark-matter direct-detection experiments, and particle phenomenology like the beam-dump experiments.

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A. Kamada, H. Kim and T. Kuwahara
Fri, 31 Jul 20
-641/69

Comments: 46 pages, 13 figures