Simplified Dark Matter Models

Abstract

I review the construction of Simplified Models for Dark Matter searches. After discussing the philosophy and some simple examples, I turn the attention to the aspect of the theoretical consistency and to the implications of the necessary extensions of these models.

Invited review for Advances in High Energy Physics - Updated discussion, matches the published version

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