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Light dark fermion in two natural scenarios

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Dark matter is postulated as a light fermion in two natural scenarios as the outcome of a softly broken discrete symmetry. It is produced from the naturally suppressed decay of the standard-model Higgs boson through the freeze-in mechanism.

Source: Nuclear Physics B

DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2024.116761

Author: Ernest Ma

Institution: University of California, Riverside

Language: English

Topic: Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

Award: HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS- ENERGY, INTENSITY, THEORETICAL FRONTIER