Accelerating the Discovery of Light Dark Matter

TL;DR

This paper reviews the current status of light dark matter models below one GeV that interact via Standard Model mixing and highlights key future experiments capable of conclusively testing these theories.

Contribution

It identifies a concise set of future experiments that can decisively test sub-GeV thermal dark matter models involving Standard Model mixing.

Findings

Current experiments constrain light dark matter models.

Future experiments have the potential to decisively test these models.

The analysis clarifies the experimental landscape for light dark matter detection.

Abstract

We analyze the present status of sub-GeV thermal dark matter annihilating through Standard Model mixing and identify a small set of future experiments that can decisively test these scenarios.