Discrete dark matter mechanism

TL;DR

The paper introduces the Discrete Dark Matter mechanism where dark matter stability arises from spontaneous symmetry breaking, and extends this framework to include quarks transforming under the flavor symmetry group.

Contribution

It proposes a novel mechanism linking dark matter stability to flavor symmetry breaking, incorporating quarks into this framework.

Findings

Dark matter stability linked to flavor symmetry breaking.

Quarks are incorporated into the discrete dark matter mechanism.

Potential implications for particle physics models.

Abstract

We present the Discrete Dark Matter mechanism (DDM) which consist on the stability of the dark matter from a spontaneous breaking of a flavor symmetry group into one of its subgroups. Here we present the inclusion of the quarks on this mechanism promoting the quarks to transform non-trivial under the flavor group.