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# New Pathways to the Relic Abundance of Vector-Portal Dark Matter.

@article{Fitzpatrick2020NewPT,
title={New Pathways to the Relic Abundance of Vector-Portal Dark Matter.},
author={Patrick J. Fitzpatrick and Hongwang Liu and Tracy R. Slatyer and Yuhsin Tsai},
journal={arXiv: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology},
year={2020}
}
We fully explore the thermal freezeout histories of a vector-portal dark matter model, in the region of parameter space in which the ratio of masses of the dark photon $A^{\prime}$ and dark matter $\chi$ is in the range $1 \lesssim m_{A^{\prime}}/m_{\chi} \lesssim 2$. In this region $2 \rightarrow 2$ and $3 \rightarrow 2$ annihilation processes within the dark sector, as well as processes that transfer energy between the dark sector and the Standard Model, play important roles in controlling… Expand
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