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arxiv: 1105.5644 · v2 · pith:MLDATSG6new · submitted 2011-05-27 · ✦ hep-ph · astro-ph.CO

Direct detection and CMB constraints on light DM scenario of top quark asymmetry and dijet excess at Tevatron

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keywords asymmetrytevatronconstraintsdensitydijetdiracdistributionevents
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We study in detail the model by Isidori and Kamenik that is claimed to explain the top quark forward-backward asymmetry at Tevatron, provide GeV-scale dark matter (DM), and possibly improve the agreement between data and theory in Tevatron W+jj events. We compute the DM thermal relic density, the spin-independent DM-nucleon scattering cross section, and the cosmic microwave background constraints on both Dirac and Majorana neutralino DM in the parameter space that explains the top asymmetry. A stable light neutralino is not allowed unless the local DM density is 3-4 times smaller than expected, in which case Dirac DM with mass around 3 GeV may be possible, to be tested by the Planck mission. The model predicts a too broad excess in the dijet distribution and a strong modification of the missing E_T distribution in W+jj events.

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