Minimal Realization of Light Thermal Dark Matter.

@article{Herms2022MinimalRO,
  title={Minimal Realization of Light Thermal Dark Matter.},
  author={Johannes Herms and Sudip Jana and Vishnu Prasad K and Shaikh Saad},
  journal={Physical review letters},
  year={2022},
  volume={129 9},
  pages={
          091803
        }
}
We propose a minimal UV-complete model for kinematically forbidden dark matter (DM) leading to a sub-GeV thermal relic. Our crucial realization is that the two-Higgs-doublet model can provide a light mediator through which the DM can annihilate into standard model leptons, avoiding indirect detection constraints. The DM mass is predicted to be very close to the mass of the leptons, which can potentially be identified from DM annihilation into gamma rays. Because of the sizable couplings to… 
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