Simplified TeV leptophilic dark matter in light of DAMPE data

TL;DR

This paper proposes a simplified leptophilic dark matter model to explain the DAMPE cosmic ray excess, analyzing mediator interactions, constraints, collider signatures, and a potential $U(1)_X$ realization.

Contribution

It introduces a novel simplified framework for leptophilic dark matter explaining DAMPE data, including mediator interactions, experimental constraints, and collider signatures.

Findings

A 1.5 TeV dark matter mass can produce the observed flux excess.

The $V imes V$ coupling is tightly constrained by PandaX-II data.

A possible $U(1)_X$ gauge symmetry realization is proposed.

Abstract

Using a simplified framework, we attempt to explain the recent DAMPE cosmic $e^+ + e^-$ flux excess by leptophilic Dirac fermion dark matter (LDM). The scalar ($\Phi_0$) and vector ($\Phi_1$) mediator fields connecting LDM and Standard Model particles are discussed. Under constraints of DM relic density, gamma-rays, cosmic-rays and Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), we find that the couplings $P \otimes S$, $P \otimes P$, $V \otimes A$ and $V \otimes V$ can produce the right bump in $e^+ + e^-$ flux for a DM mass around 1.5 TeV with a natural thermal annihilation cross-section $<\sigma v> \sim 3 \times 10^{-26} cm^3/s$ today. Among them, $V \otimes V$ coupling is tightly constrained by PandaX-II data (although LDM-nucleus scattering appears at one-loop level) and the surviving samples appear in the resonant region, $m_{\Phi_1} \simeq 2m_{\chi}$. We also study the related collider signatures, such as dilepton production $pp \to \Phi_1 \to \ell^+\ell^-$, and muon $g-2$ anomaly. Finally, we present a possible $U(1)_X$ realization for such leptophilic dark matter.