A Mini Review of some Dark Matter/BSM Physics and a Bit More

TL;DR

This paper provides a concise overview of dark matter research, including cosmology, SIDM models, detection methods, and connections to BSM physics like primordial black holes and axions.

Contribution

It offers a brief synthesis of various dark matter models, detection strategies, and their links to beyond Standard Model physics, highlighting recent developments.

Findings

Constraints on symmetric DM mass M(X)

Insights into directional and temporal detection variations

Discussion of BSM scenarios like primordial black holes and axions

Abstract

There is a vast literature on Dark Matter (DM) with many reviews of specific topics only a small fraction of which will be mentioned. I start with a very brief review of cosmology which underlies much of DM research and some relevant General Relativity (GR). I next discuss Self Interacting Dark Matter (SIDM) models and upper bounds on the mass M(X) of point-like, symmetric DM. This is followed up by some general aspects of DM detection and directional and temporal variations. I discuss DM models tied with BSM physics scenarios including Primordial Black Holes, new physics in the neutrino sector, ultra-light DM and axions.