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Dark matter candidates in the NMSSM with RH neutrino superfields

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Published 26 April 2021 © 2021 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab
, , Citation Daniel E. López-Fogliani et al JCAP04(2021)067 DOI 10.1088/1475-7516/2021/04/067

1475-7516/2021/04/067

Abstract

R-parity conserving supersymmetric models with right-handed (RH) neutrinos are very appealing since they could naturally explain neutrino physics and also provide a good dark matter (DM) candidate such as the lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP). In this work we consider the next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model (NMSSM) plus RH neutrino superfields, with effective Majorana masses dynamically generated at the electroweak scale (EW). We perform a scan of the relevant parameter space and study both possible DM candidates: RH sneutrino and neutralino. Especially for the case of RH sneutrino DM we analyse the intimate relation between both candidates to obtain the correct amount of relic density. Besides the well-known resonances, annihilations through scalar quartic couplings and coannihilation mechanisms with all kind of neutralinos, are crucial. Finally, we present the impact of current and future direct and indirect detection experiments on both DM candidates.

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10.1088/1475-7516/2021/04/067