Speaker
Zachary Johnson
(University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Description
A hidden sector that kinetically mixes with the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model provides simple and well-motivated dark matter candidates that possess many of the properties of a traditional weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP). These supersymmetric constructions can also provide a natural explanation for why the dark matter is at the weak scale - even if it resides in a hidden sector. In the hidden sector, a natural pattern of symmetry breaking generally makes particles and their superpartners lie around the same mass scale, opening novel possibilities for a variety of cosmological histories and complex indirect detection signatures.
Author
Zachary Johnson
(University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Co-authors
Aaron Pierce
(University of Michigan)
Bibhushan Shakya
(CERN)
Patrick Barnes
(University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
