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arxiv: 2602.20242 · v2 · submitted 2026-02-23 · ✦ hep-ph · astro-ph.HE

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Warm dark matter from freeze-in at stronger coupling

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We study warm Higgs portal dark matter (DM) in the framework of freeze-in at stronger coupling. This scenario assumes that the Standard Model thermal bath temperature has always been relatively low, which suppresses dark matter production. As a result, a significant DM-Higgs coupling is allowed, enabling warm dark matter detection via Higgs decay at colliders. We find that the Lyman-{\alpha} bound on the DM mass is particularly strong, excluding masses below 50-100 keV, depending on further details. The shape of the DM momentum distribution is highly non-thermal, with low momenta being effectively cut off, and not captured by the common {\alpha}{\beta}{\gamma}-parametrization.

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