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Simplified models for dark matter interacting with quarks

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We investigate simplified models in which dark matter particles, taken to be either Dirac or Majorana fermions, couple to quarks via colored mediators. We determine bounds from colliders and direct detection experiments, and show how the interplay of the two leads to a complementary view of this class of dark matter models. Forecasts for future searches in light of the current constraints are presented.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, 4129 Frederick Reines Hall, Irvine, CA, 92697-4575, U.S.A

    Anthony DiFranzo, Arvind Rajaraman & Tim M.P. Tait

  2. Theory Center, KEK, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801, Japan

    Keiko I. Nagao

  3. Department of Engineering Science, Niihama National College of Technology, 7-1 Yagumo, Niihama, Ehime, 792-8580, Japan

    Keiko I. Nagao

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DiFranzo, A., Nagao, K.I., Rajaraman, A. et al. Simplified models for dark matter interacting with quarks. J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 14 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2013)014

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