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SUMMARY:Trobada: Massive Kalb-Ramond fields as dark matter candidates
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150527T100000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150527T110000Z
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UID:indico-event-2505@indico.ific.uv.es
DESCRIPTION:\n    The existence of dark matter is one of the main reasons 
 to believe that the Standard Model of particle physics needs to be extende
 d. While phenomenologically it is not complicated to devise scenarios whic
 h are compatible with the present bounds from indirect and direct searches
 \, most of the models contain substantial ad hoc ingredients. In particula
 r\, the stability of the dark matter candidate is not predicted but enforc
 ed\, typically through additional Z2-symmetries. In this talk I will show 
 that this is not the case if dark matter is vectorial and described by ant
 isymmetric rank-2 tensors. For these dark matter candidates stability foll
 ows naturally without the need to invoke symmetries other than the ones of
  the Standard Model\, i.e.\, stability becomes a prediction. This is a rat
 her unique feature of Kalb-Ramond fields. In addition\, the resulting scen
 arios are phenomenologically viable and can easily accommodate the existin
 g experimental constraints with a minimal set of free parameters. I will a
 lso discuss possible mechanisms to incorporate Kalb-Ramond fields into ful
 l-fledged UV-complete theories of dark matter.\n\nhttps://indico.ific.uv.e
 s/event/2505/
LOCATION:IFIC Seminar Room\, 1.1.1
URL:https://indico.ific.uv.es/event/2505/
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