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LUX Constraints on Magnetic Dark Matter in the SEˉχS\bar{E} χy Model with(out) Naturality

Abstract

We study phenomenological constraints in a simple SEˉχS\bar{E} \chiy extension of the Standard Model (SM) with a 125 GeV Higgs, a vector-like heavy electron (E)(E), a complex scalar electron (S)(S) and a standard model singlet Dirac fermion (χ)(\chi). The interactions among the dark matter candidate χ\chi and the standard model particles occur via loop-induced processes involving the Yukawa interaction SEˉχS\bar{E} \chiy. The model is an explicit perturbative realization of so-called magnetic dark matter. The field content allows for a cancelation of quadratic divergences in the scalar masses at one-loop, a phenomenon which we refer to as perturbative naturality. The basic model is constrained dominantly by direct detection experiments and its parameter space can be nearly entirely covered by up-coming ton-scale direct detection experiments. We conclude this work by discussing different variations of the model.Comment: 17 pages, 3 figures; v2 matches PRD versio

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