Bound-state dark matter and Dirac neutrino mass

Understand

We propose a simple theory for the idea that cosmological dark matter (DM) may be present today mainly in the form of stable neutral hadronic thermal relics.

• In our model neutrino masses arise radiatively from the exchange of colored DM constituents, giving a common origin for both dark matter and neutrino mass.
• The exact conservation of $B-L$ symmetry ensures dark matter stability and the Dirac nature of neutrinos.
• The theory can be falsified by dark matter nuclear recoil direct detection experiments, leading also to possible signals at a next generation hadron collider.