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Maximizing Direct Detection with Highly Interactive Particle Relic Dark Matter

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arxiv 2112.03920 v2 pith:ZK3STYB7 submitted 2021-12-07 hep-ph hep-ex

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We estimate the maximum direct detection cross section for sub-GeV dark matter (DM) scattering off nucleons. For DM masses in the range $10 \text{ keV }- 100 \text{ MeV}$, cross sections greater than $10^{-36}$- $10^{-30} \,\text{cm}^2$ seem implausible. We present a DM candidate which realizes this maximum cross section: HighlY interactive ParticlE Relics (HYPERs). After HYPERs freeze-in, a dark sector phase transition decreases the mediator's mass. This increases the HYPER's direct detection cross section without impacting its abundance or measurements of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and the Cosmic Microwave Background.

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