arxiv: 2512.23159 · v2 · submitted 2025-12-29 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-ex

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Muonphilic asymmetric dark matter at a future muon collider

Arnab Roy , Raymond R. Volkas

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keywords asymmetric dark mattermuonphilic portalmuon colliderLμ-Lτ gauge symmetrydimension-6 operatorsdirect detection constraintsmuon g-2neutron star heating

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Future 3 and 10 TeV muon colliders can access new parameter space for muonphilic asymmetric dark matter.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

This paper explores how future muon colliders could test models of asymmetric dark matter that couple preferentially to muons. It analyzes both effective dimension-6 operators and ultraviolet completions based on gauged differences between muon and tau lepton numbers, requiring the dark matter to be overwhelmingly asymmetric in its relic abundance. Existing bounds from direct detection, colliders, and muon magnetic moment measurements are used to identify viable regions, after which the reach of 3 TeV and 10 TeV machines is calculated for an integrated luminosity of one inverse attobarn. The results cover both the few-GeV mass range suggested by the observed similarity between baryon and dark matter densities and higher masses in broader asymmetric dark matter scenarios.

Core claim

The central claim is that 3 and 10 TeV muon colliders with 1 ab^{-1} of data can probe significant additional parameter space in muonphilic asymmetric dark matter models based on dimension-6 operators and gauged Lμ-Lτ symmetries, including both vector and axial-vector couplings, that remain allowed by current constraints from direct detection and other experiments.

What carries the argument

The key mechanisms are the muonphilic portals to fermionic asymmetric dark matter realized either through dimension-6 effective operators or through a new gauge boson from gauged Lμ − Lτ symmetry, with the latter having either vector or axial vector interactions with the dark matter fermion.

If this is right

Significant new regions of parameter space for few-GeV dark matter masses, motivated by the baryon-dark matter coincidence, become testable.
Parameter space for higher dark matter masses in general asymmetric scenarios can also be probed.
Complementary constraints from neutron star heating are presented alongside collider sensitivities.
The differences between vector and axial-vector couplings in the UV models lead to distinct collider signatures.
Muon g-2 constraints further restrict the UV model parameter spaces before collider projections are applied.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

Such projections suggest that muon colliders could play a unique role in testing lepton-specific dark matter models not easily accessible at hadron colliders.
The framework could be adapted to study similar portals involving other leptons.
Positive signals would provide evidence for asymmetric dark matter production mechanisms tied to baryogenesis.
Non-observation would tighten bounds on the coupling strengths in these models.

Load-bearing premise

The dark matter is assumed to have at least 99 percent of its relic density from the asymmetric component, with interactions limited to the considered effective operators or specific gauged Lμ-Lτ models.

What would settle it

A complete absence of signal events in the relevant final states at a 10 TeV muon collider with 1 ab^{-1} integrated luminosity would falsify the claim that substantial new parameter space is accessible.

read the original abstract

We explore phenomenological constraints on, and future muon collider sensitivities to, the parameter spaces of various muonphilic portals to fermionic asymmetric dark matter (ADM). Both WEFT-level dimension-6 effective operators and two UV models based on gauged $L_\mu - L_\tau$ are considered. One of the latter features a vector coupling to the dark matter and the other an axial vector coupling. The ADM criterion that at least $99\%$ of the dark matter relic density is asymmetric is also imposed. We identify which of these scenarios are currently allowed by direct detection and collider constraints, and then determine how much more of the parameter space could be probed by 3 and 10 TeV muon colliders with 1 ab$^{-1}$ of data. For the UV models, the constraints from $g-2$ of the muon are included. The future sensitivity curves due to neutron star heating considerations are also depicted. We present results for both the few-GeV dark matter mass regime motivated by ADM approaches to the $\Omega_b \simeq \Omega_\text{DM}/5$ coincidence problem, and for larger masses in the context of more general ADM.

Editorial analysis

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Desk Editor's Note private letter to a colleague

Muon collider projections for muonphilic ADM are useful but the EFT validity needs checking.

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The paper's main point is that future muon colliders at 3 and 10 TeV can probe additional parameter space in muonphilic asymmetric dark matter models that current experiments have not ruled out yet. It does this by considering both a set of dimension-6 effective operators in the weak effective field theory and two ultraviolet completions based on gauged Lμ - Lτ symmetry, one with vector and one with axial-vector mediators to the dark matter. They require that at least 99% of the relic density is asymmetric, which is a standard but strict cut for ADM. Current constraints from direct detection and colliders are applied to find the surviving regions, and then they project the sensitivity at the muon colliders with 1 ab^{-1} luminosity. For the UV models they also include the muon anomalous magnetic moment constraints, and they show neutron star heating bounds as well. Results are given for both the low mass range around a few GeV, which ties into the baryon-dark matter density coincidence, and for higher masses. The strength here is the clear presentation of how much more space the colliders could cover. The figures show the allowed regions shrinking with the new data, which is the kind of concrete output that helps experimental planning. On the downside, the effective operator analysis has a potential issue with validity. To get sensitivity at 10 TeV, the operator coefficients need to be large, which means the cutoff scale is probably not far above that energy. Without an explicit check that the EFT remains valid or that unitarity is preserved at the collider energy, those projections might not be fully reliable. The UV models are better in this regard because they are complete theories. Overall this is solid phenomenological work. It is aimed at people studying dark matter at colliders or planning muon collider experiments. A reader interested in asymmetric dark matter or muonphilic portals would find the sensitivity estimates helpful. I would recommend sending it for peer review. The approach is standard and the results are new in their specific application, so referees can check the details and suggest improvements on the EFT part.

Referee Report

1 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript explores phenomenological constraints on and future muon-collider sensitivities to muonphilic portals for fermionic asymmetric dark matter (ADM). It considers both weak effective field theory (WEFT) dimension-6 operators and two UV-complete models based on gauged Lμ−Lτ (one with vector and one with axial-vector DM coupling). The analysis imposes the requirement that at least 99% of the relic density is asymmetric, identifies regions allowed by current direct-detection and collider bounds (plus g−2 for the UV models), and projects the additional reach of 3 TeV and 10 TeV muon colliders with 1 ab⁻¹ luminosity. Results are presented for both the few-GeV mass regime motivated by the Ωb ≃ ΩDM/5 coincidence and for higher masses.

Significance. If the EFT validity and unitarity issues are resolved, the work would usefully map the discovery potential of future muon colliders for muonphilic ADM, demonstrating complementarity with existing constraints and neutron-star heating bounds. The inclusion of both effective-operator and UV-complete realizations, together with the explicit 99% asymmetry cut, strengthens the phenomenological relevance.

major comments (1)

[WEFT dim-6 analysis and projected sensitivity curves] The central projections for the dim-6 WEFT operators (presented in the parameter-space figures and associated text) assume the effective theory remains valid at √s = 10 TeV. However, no explicit calculation of the implied cutoff scale Λ is reported for the operator coefficients that survive current constraints, nor is partial-wave unitarity checked at the collider energy. If the required Λ lies below ∼10–15 TeV, the sensitivity curves lie outside the regime of EFT validity.

minor comments (2)

[Introduction and model definitions] The notation for the effective operators and the precise definition of the 99% asymmetry condition could be stated more explicitly in the introductory sections to aid readability.
[Results figures] Figure captions for the projected reach plots should include the exact luminosity and center-of-mass energies used, as well as the precise observable (e.g., missing energy or dilepton) driving the sensitivity.

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We thank the referee for their careful reading of our manuscript and for the constructive comment on the EFT validity of our WEFT projections. We address the point below and will revise the manuscript to incorporate an explicit check.

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Referee: The central projections for the dim-6 WEFT operators (presented in the parameter-space figures and associated text) assume the effective theory remains valid at √s = 10 TeV. However, no explicit calculation of the implied cutoff scale Λ is reported for the operator coefficients that survive current constraints, nor is partial-wave unitarity checked at the collider energy. If the required Λ lies below ∼10–15 TeV, the sensitivity curves lie outside the regime of EFT validity.

Authors: We agree that the validity of the dimension-6 WEFT description at collider energies must be verified explicitly. In the revised manuscript we will compute the cutoff scale Λ implied by each operator coefficient that survives the existing direct-detection and collider bounds. We will also evaluate the partial-wave unitarity condition at √s = 10 TeV (and at 3 TeV) for the relevant channels, confirming that the projected sensitivity curves remain inside the regime where the EFT is reliable. These additions will be presented in a new subsection and will be reflected in updated figures where appropriate. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; projections rely on external constraints

full rationale

The paper defines muonphilic ADM models via standard dim-6 WEFT operators or gauged Lμ-Lτ UV completions, imposes the external ADM relic condition (≥99% asymmetric), applies independent experimental bounds (direct detection, colliders, g-2), and computes future muon-collider reach as sensitivity projections. No step reduces a claimed prediction to a fitted input by construction, no self-definitional loop appears in the operator or relic definitions, and no load-bearing uniqueness theorem or ansatz is imported solely via self-citation. The derivation chain remains self-contained against external benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

1 free parameters · 1 axioms · 1 invented entities

The central claims rest on standard assumptions in effective field theory and dark matter relic density calculations, with parameters chosen to satisfy the ADM condition.

free parameters (1)

DM mass and portal couplings
Scanned parameters in the phenomenological analysis.

axioms (1)

domain assumption At least 99% of the dark matter relic density is asymmetric
Imposed criterion for the ADM models considered.

invented entities (1)

Muonphilic vector or axial-vector mediators no independent evidence
purpose: To mediate interactions between dark matter and muons in UV models
Postulated new gauge bosons in the Lμ-Lτ models.

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