On the DAMA and CoGeNT Modulations
ArXiv 1105.3734 (2011)
Abstract:
DAMA observes an annual modulation in their event rate, as might be expected from dark matter scatterings, while CoGeNT has reported evidence for a similar modulation. The simplest interpretation of these findings in terms of dark matter-nucleus scatterings is excluded by other direct detection experiments. We consider the robustness of these exclusions with respect to assumptions regarding the scattering and find that isospin-violating inelastic dark matter helps alleviate this tension and allows marginal compatibility between experiments. Isospin-violation can significantly weaken the XENON constraints, while inelasticity enhances the annual modulation fraction of the signal, bringing the CoGeNT and CDMS results into better agreement.A Supersymmetric One Higgs Doublet Model
JHEP 1104 (2011) 108-108
On the DAMA and CoGeNT modulations
PHYSICAL REVIEW D 84:4 (2011) ARTN 041301
Boosted objects: a probe of beyond the Standard Model physics
ArXiv 1012.5412 (2010)
Abstract:
We present the report of the hadronic working group of the BOOST2010 workshop held at the University of Oxford in June 2010. The first part contains a review of the potential of hadronic decays of highly boosted particles as an aid for discovery at the LHC and a discussion of the status of tools developed to meet the challenge of reconstructing and isolating these topologies. In the second part, we present new results comparing the performance of jet grooming techniques and top tagging algorithms on a common set of benchmark channels. We also study the sensitivity of jet substructure observables to the uncertainties in Monte Carlo predictions.A Unified Theory of Matter Genesis: Asymmetric Freeze-In
ArXiv 1010.0245 (2010)