The waning of the WIMP? A review of models, searches, and constraints

G Arcadi, M Dutra, P Ghosh, M Lindner… - The European Physical …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are among the best-motivated dark
matter candidates. No conclusive signal, despite an extensive search program that …

Cosmological constraints on dark matter interactions with ordinary matter

MA Buen-Abad, R Essig, D McKeen, YM Zhong - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Dark matter interactions with electrons or protons during the early Universe leave imprints
on the cosmic microwave background and the matter power spectrum, and can be probed …

Possible interaction between baryons and dark-matter particles revealed by the first stars

R Barkana - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The cosmic radio-frequency spectrum is expected to show a strong absorption signal
corresponding to the 21-centimetre-wavelength transition of atomic hydrogen around …

Supernova 1987A constraints on sub-GeV dark sectors, millicharged particles, the QCD axion, and an axion-like particle

JH Chang, R Essig, SD McDermott - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018 - Springer
A bstract We consider the constraints from Supernova 1987A on particles with small
couplings to the Standard Model. We discuss a model with a fermion coupled to a dark …

First dark matter constraints from a SuperCDMS single-charge sensitive detector

R Agnese, T Aralis, T Aramaki, IJ Arnquist… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
We present the first limits on inelastic electron-scattering dark matter and dark photon
absorption using a prototype SuperCDMS detector having a charge resolution of 0.1 …

Direct detection of sub-GeV dark matter

R Essig, J Mardon, T Volansky - … Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and …, 2012 - APS
Direct detection strategies are proposed for dark matter particles with MeV to GeV mass. In
this largely unexplored mass range, dark matter scattering with electrons can cause single …

Inflation: theory and observations

A Achúcarro, M Biagetti, M Braglia, G Cabass… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Cosmic inflation provides a window to the highest energy densities accessible in nature, far
beyond those achievable in any realistic terrestrial experiment. Theoretical insights into the …

A small amount of mini-charged dark matter could cool the baryons in the early Universe

JB Muñoz, A Loeb - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The dynamics of our Universe is strongly influenced by pervasive—albeit elusive—dark
matter, with a total mass about five times the mass of all the baryons,. Despite this, its origin …

Cosmological simulations with self-interacting dark matter–II. Halo shapes versus observations

AHG Peter, M Rocha, JS Bullock… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
If dark matter has a large self-interaction scattering cross-section, then interactions among
dark-matter particles will drive galaxy and cluster haloes to become spherical in their …

Dynamical friction of black holes in ultralight dark matter

R Vicente, V Cardoso - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
In this work we derive simple closed-form expressions for the dynamical friction acting on
black holes moving through ultralight (scalar field) dark matter, covering both nonrelativistic …