MadDM v.1.0: Computation of dark matter relic abundance using MadGraph 5

Physics of the Dark Universe

Volumn 5-6, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-28

  Backović, Mihailo ^a   Kong, Kyoungchul ^b   McCaskey, Mathew ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Dark matter; MadGraph; Numerical tools; Relic density

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918500529     PISSN: 22126864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dark.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Belyaev A., Christensen N.D., Pukhov A. CalcHEP 3.4 for collider physics within and beyond the standard model. Comput. Phys. Commun. 2013, 184:1729-1769.
2. Belanger G., Boudjema F., Pukhov A., Semenov A. MicrOMEGAs 2.0: a program to calculate the relic density of dark matter in a generic model. Comput. Phys. Commun. 2007, 176:367-382.
3. Alwall J., Herquet M., Maltoni F., Mattelaer O., Stelzer T. MadGraph 5: hoing beyond. J. High Energy Phys. 2011, 1106:128.
4. Gleisberg T., Hoeche S., Krauss F., Schonherr M., Schumann S., et al. Event generation with SHERPA 1.1. J. High Energy Phys. 2009, 0902:007.
5. Gondolo P., Edsjo J., Ullio P., Bergstrom L., Schelke M., et al. DarkSUSY: computing supersymmetric dark matter properties numerically. JCAP 2004, 0407:008.
6. Aoki M., Duerr M., Kubo J., Takano H. Multi-component dark matter systems and their observation prospects. Phys. Rev. D 2012, 86:076015.
7. Griest K., Seckel D. Three exceptions in the calculation of relic abundances. Phys. Rev. D 1991, 43:3191-3203.
8. Ibe M., Murayama H., Yanagida T. Breit-Wigner enhancement of dark matter annihilation. Phys. Rev. D 2009, 79:095009.
9. Guo W.-L., Wu Y.-L. Enhancement of dark matter annihilation via Breit-Wigner resonance. Phys. Rev. D 2009, 79:055012.
10. Srednicki M., Watkins R., Olive K.A. Calculations of relic densities in the early universe. Nucl. Phys. B 1988, 310:693.
11. Djouadi A., Kneur J.-L., Moultaka G. SuSpect: a Fortran code for the supersymmetric and Higgs particle spectrum in the MSSM. Comput. Phys. Commun. 2007, 176:426-455.
12. Djouadi A., Muhlleitner M., Spira M. Decays of supersymmetric particles: the program SUSY-HIT (SUspect-SdecaY-Hdecay-InTerface). Acta Phys. Polon. B 2007, 38:635-644.
13. Belanger G., Boudjema F., Brun P., Pukhov A., Rosier-Lees S., et al. Indirect search for dark matter with micrOMEGAs2.4. Comput. Phys. Commun. 2011, 182:842-856.
14. Barger V., Langacker P., McCaskey M., Ramsey-Musolf M.J., Shaughnessy G. LHC phenomenology of an extended standard model with a real scalar singlet. Phys. Rev. D 2008, 77:035005.
15. Barger V., Langacker P., McCaskey M., Ramsey-Musolf M., Shaughnessy G. Complex singlet extension of the standard model. Phys. Rev. D 2009, 79:015018.
16. Barger V., McCaskey M., Shaughnessy G. Complex scalar dark matter vis-à-vis CoGeNT, DAMA/LIBRA and XENON100. Phys. Rev. D 2010, 82:035019.
17. Allanach B., Battaglia M., Blair G., Carena M.S., De7die;Roeck A., et al. The Snowmass points and slopes: benchmarks for SUSY searches. Eur. Phys. J. C 2002, 25:113-123.
18. Degrande C., Duhr C., Fuks B., Grellscheid D., Mattelaer O., et al. UFO - The universal FeynRules output. Comput. Phys. Commun. 2012, 183:1201-1214.
19. Servant G., Tait T.M. Elastic scattering and direct detection of Kaluza-Klein dark matter. New J. Phys. 2002, 4:99.
20. Arrenberg S., Baudis L., Kong K., Matchev K.T., Yoo J. Kaluza-Klein dark matter: direct detection vis-a-vis LHC. Phys. Rev. D 2008, 78:056002.
21. Kong K., Matchev K.T. Precise calculation of the relic density of Kaluza-Klein dark matter in universal extra dimensions. J. High Energy Phys. 2006, 0601:038.
22. S. Arrenberg, L. Baudis, K. Kong, K.T. Matchev, J. Yoo, Kaluza-Klein dark matter: direct detection vis-a-vis LHC (2013 update), 2013. arxiv:arxiv.1310.1921.