A Simplified Model for Dark Matter Interacting Primarily with Gluons

Understand

We consider a simple renormalizable model providing a UV completion for dark matter whose interactions with the Standard Model are primarily via the gluons.

• The model consists of scalar dark matter interacting with scalar colored mediator particles.
• A novel feature is the fact that (in contrast to more typical models containing dark matter whose interactions are mediated via colored scalars) the colored scalars typically decay into multi-quark final states, with no associated missing energy.
• We construct this class of models and examine associated phenomena related to dark matter annihilation, scattering with nuclei, and production at colliders.