Flavino dark matter in a non-Abelian discrete flavor model

Abstract

Abstract We study a relic density of the “flavino” dark matter in modified Altarelli and Feruglio A 4 model which is respecting the SU(2) L × A 4 × Z 3 × U(1) R symmetry. We calculate the Lagrangian from the superpotential in the model. In estimating the relic density, we consider the relevant interactions from the Lagrangian that realize the vacuum expectation value alignments and charged lepton masses where we assume that the supersymmetry breaking effects are small for “flavon” sector. As a result, we find the degenerate masses between the lightest “flavon” and “flavino”, and only two parameters in the potential determines the relic density. Then the allowed parameter space of these parameters are estimated from the relic density calculation taking a constraint from lepton flavor violation into account. We also briefly discuss other dark matter physics such as the direct detection, indirect detection, and collider search.

Keywords

• Models for Dark Matter
• Discrete Symmetries
• Supersymmetry