Quark-flavored scalar dark matter

Abstract

It is an intriguing possibility that dark matter (DM) could have flavor quantum numbers like the quarks. We propose and investigate a class of UV-complete models of this kind, in which the dark matter is in a scalar triplet of an SU(3) flavor symmetry, and interacts with quarks via a colored flavor-singlet fermionic mediator. Such mediators could be discovered at the LHC if their masses are $\sim 1$ TeV. We constrain the DM-mediator couplings using relic abundance, direct detection, and flavor-changing neutral-current considerations. We find that, for reasonable values of its couplings, scalar flavored DM can contribute significantly to the real and imaginary parts of the $B_s$-${\bar{B}}_s$ mixing amplitude. We further assess the potential for such models to explain the galactic center GeV gamma-ray excess.

16 pages, 14 figures; added section on benchmark models and typographical errors corrected

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