Next-to-Minimal Freeze-in Dark Matter
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| author | Bernal, Nicolás Mukherjee, Sagnik Unwin, James |
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| contents | If the dark matter mass exceeds the highest temperature of the thermal bath, then dark matter production is Boltzmann suppressed. This opens new possibilities for dark matter model building. In particular, WIMP models that are experimentally excluded can be revived in this setting; conversely, freeze-in models, which would typically be beyond experimental reach, are potentially discoverable in the Boltzmann suppressed regime. In a recent letter, we highlighted these aspects for the case of electroweak doublet fermion dark matter assuming instantaneous inflationary reheating. Due to its elegance and simplicity, we coin this {\em Minimal Freeze-in} (MFI) Dark Matter. Here we consider next-to-minimal extensions of MFI dark matter. We present the implications for non-instantaneous reheating, including scenarios beyond the standard picture in which the Universe is initially matter dominated prior to reheating. Furthermore, we explore model variations within the electroweak dark matter scenario. Specifically, we consider fermion dark matter in higher representations of SU(2)${}_L$, exploring the current limits and the near-future discovery potential. |
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| spellingShingle | Next-to-Minimal Freeze-in Dark Matter Bernal, Nicolás Mukherjee, Sagnik Unwin, James High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics If the dark matter mass exceeds the highest temperature of the thermal bath, then dark matter production is Boltzmann suppressed. This opens new possibilities for dark matter model building. In particular, WIMP models that are experimentally excluded can be revived in this setting; conversely, freeze-in models, which would typically be beyond experimental reach, are potentially discoverable in the Boltzmann suppressed regime. In a recent letter, we highlighted these aspects for the case of electroweak doublet fermion dark matter assuming instantaneous inflationary reheating. Due to its elegance and simplicity, we coin this {\em Minimal Freeze-in} (MFI) Dark Matter. Here we consider next-to-minimal extensions of MFI dark matter. We present the implications for non-instantaneous reheating, including scenarios beyond the standard picture in which the Universe is initially matter dominated prior to reheating. Furthermore, we explore model variations within the electroweak dark matter scenario. Specifically, we consider fermion dark matter in higher representations of SU(2)${}_L$, exploring the current limits and the near-future discovery potential. |
| title | Next-to-Minimal Freeze-in Dark Matter |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.00210 |