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Multicomponent dark matter from an SU(2)D→Z3D×Z2acc scenario

Carlos Alvarado1,*, Alfredo Aranda2,3,†, Cesar Bonilla4,‡, and Carlos Ramos Portalatino5,§

  • *Contact author: calvarado@vassar.edu
  • †Contact author: fefo@ucol.mx
  • ‡Contact author: cesar.bonilla@ucn.cl
  • §Contact author: ramosport.carlos@ufl.edu
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Phys. Rev. D 112, 075051 – Published 28 October, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/7tth-h2lm

Abstract

A multicomponent weakly-interacting dark matter scenario is analyzed, where the candidate dark matter states arise from the SU(2)D→Z3D×Z2acc symmetry breaking triggered by a vacuum expectation value-developing scalar in the J=3/2 representation. While the discrete symmetries guarantee at least two stable states, a closer look at the mass orderings of the contrived dark sector reveals the existence of a third dark matter candidate, whose stability effectively results from the tight phase space in the dark boson sector. Regions of masses and couplings where the three dark states furnish a comparable contribution to the observed relic abundance are determined numerically.

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Phys. Rev. D 112, 075051– Published 28 October, 2025
  • Received 21 May 2025
  • Accepted 23 September 2025
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