Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: A bstract We propose a multi-messenger frontier probe of non-thermal or freeze-in massive particle (FIMP) dark matter (DM) by considering an effective field theory (EFT) setup. Assuming leptophilic operators connecting DM with the standard model (SM) bath, we consider DM mass ( m DM ) and the reheat temperature of the Universe ( T rh ) in a regime which prevents DM-SM thermalisation. Low T rh allows sizeable DM-SM interactions even for non-thermal DM allowing the latter to be probed at direct, indirect detection frontiers as well as future electron-positron and muon colliders. An extended reheating period governed by monomial inflaton potential after its slow-roll phase not only generates the required abundance of non-thermal DM via ultraviolet (UV) freeze-in but also brings the scale-invariant primordial gravitational waves (GW) within reach of near future experiments across a wide range of frequencies. While particle physics experiments can probe T rh ∼ 𝒪(10) GeV and FIMP DM with mass m DM ~ 𝒪(1) TeV, future GW detectors are sensitive to a much wider parameter space.
Source: Journal of High Energy Physics
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Awards: G2214728054, G6334714091, G6966281294
OpenAlex ID: W4416109180