MadDM v.1.0: Computation of dark matter relic abundance using MadGraph 5
Abstract
We present MadDM v.1.0, a numerical tool to compute dark matter relic abundance in a generic model. The code is based on the existing MadGraph 5 architecture and as such is easily integrable into any MadGraph collider study. A simple Python interface offers a level of user-friendliness characteristic of MadGraph 5 without sacrificing functionality. MadDM is able to calculate the dark matter relic abundance in models which include a multi-component dark sector, resonance annihilation channels and co-annihilations. We validate the code in a wide range of dark matter models by comparing the relic density results from MadDM to the existing tools and literature.
- Publication:
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Physics of the Dark Universe
- Pub Date:
- December 2014
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.dark.2014.04.001
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1308.4955
- Bibcode:
- 2014PDU.....5...18B
- Keywords:
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- Beyond standard model;
- MadGraph;
- Dark matter;
- Relic density;
- Numerical tools;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;
- High Energy Physics - Experiment
- E-Print:
- 35 pages, 6 figures