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Collider signatures of fermionic scotogenic dark matter

Víctor Martín Lozano1,2,*, G. Sanchez Garcia1,2,†, and J. W. F. Valle1,‡

  • *Contact author: victor.lozano@ific.uv.es
  • †Contact author: gsanchez@ific.uv.es
  • ‡Contact author: valle@ific.uv.es
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Phys. Rev. D 112, 055007 – Published 4 September, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/73xh-7hhz

Abstract

Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) constitute a paradigm in the search for particle dark matter. In contrast to supersymmetry (SUSY), we explore the possibility that WIMP dark matter acts as mediator of neutrino mass generation. We examine in detail the phenomenology of fermionic dark matter in the revamped (or singlet-triplet) scotogenic model and study its collider implications. Unlike SUSY WIMP dark matter, collider searches for the lightest scotogenic particle at LHC/LHC-HL are strongly complementary to charged lepton flavor violation probes and dark matter studies.

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Phys. Rev. D 112, 055007– Published 4 September, 2025
  • Received 24 February 2025
  • Accepted 26 July 2025
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