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The SIMP Miracle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 113 (2014) 171301

Introduces the SIMP paradigm in which the thermal relic abundance is set by 3-to-2 self-annihilations in a hidden sector that remains in kinetic equilibrium with the Standard Model. Predicts light (MeV-GeV) dark matter with sizable self-interactions.

Here be Dragons: The Unexplored Continents of the CMSSM

JHEP 09 (2013) 061

Provides a complete map of the CMSSM parameter space consistent with the Higgs mass and dark matter abundance, organizing viable regions by dark matter mechanism and presenting benchmark models with their 13 TeV LHC signatures.

Illuminating the 130 GeV Gamma Line with Continuum Photons

JHEP 10 (2012) 134

Uses Fermi-LAT data below 5 GeV from the inner Galaxy to constrain the ratio of continuum to monochromatic photons from dark matter annihilation, excluding neutralino dark matter as an explanation for the reported 130 GeV gamma-ray line.

Dark Matter in 3D

JHEP 03 (2016) 149

Proposes a method to extract the local dark matter phase-space distribution from directional detection data, decomposing the distribution function in moments of a model-independent basis and showing that O(1000) events can measure deviations from the Standard Halo Model.

Nearly Supersymmetric Dark Atoms

Adv. High Energy Phys. 2011 (2011) 709492

Proposes a class of supersymmetric composite dark matter models where Standard Model interactions communicate SUSY breaking to the dark sector, computing the bound state spectrum with leading supersymmetry effects using a general formalism independent of binding dynamics.

The Cosmology of Composite Inelastic Dark Matter

JHEP 1006:113 (2010)

Works out the early-universe cosmology of composite inelastic dark matter, including the synthesis of constituent quarks into dark mesons and baryons, finding qualitatively different configurations depending on the mass hierarchy of the hidden sector.

Parity Violation in Composite Inelastic Dark Matter Models

Phys. Rev. D 82 (2010) 055023

Shows that higher-dimensional operators in composite inelastic dark matter introduce parity violation, creating an admixture of inelastic and elastic scattering channels consistent with direct detection experiments even at near-maximal parity violation.

Composite Inelastic Dark Matter

Phys. Lett. B 692 (2010) 323-326

Proposes that the DAMA annual modulation signal arises from hyperfine transitions of composite dark matter, a meson from a QCD-like hidden sector whose spin-spin interactions produce the O(100 keV) mass splitting required for inelastic scattering.

Scalar Dark Matter from Theory Space

Phys. Rev. D 69:065022 (2004)

Investigates the scalar dark matter candidate in the Little Higgs theory-space model, performing a thermal relic density calculation and finding two viable mass regions — around 100 GeV and above 500 GeV — where the dark matter is an admixture of SU(2) triplet and singlet.

Phenomenology of Electroweak Symmetry Breaking from Theory Space

JHEP 0208:020 (2002)

Works out the collider phenomenology and dark matter implications of the Little Higgs mechanism, predicting light Higgs doublets accompanied by new weak triplet and singlet scalars, heavy TeV-scale particles with distinctive decay signatures, and a new WIMP dark matter candidate from a discrete geometric symmetry.