Phenomenology of novel models of dark matter : searching for portal interactions at the large Hadron Collider and beyond
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation explores several novel models of dark matter, and the phenomenology thereof. Chapter 2 focuses on how models can produce the correct dark matter abundance using only Kaluza-Klein modes of the graviton in several realizations of Randall-Sundrum models of extra dimensions. Chapter 3 studies the phenomenology of an extension of the Standard Model in which additional TeV-scale "portal" fermions produce kinetic mixing between the Standard Model photon and a dark photon arising from an extended gauge group, under which dark matter is charged. Chapter 4 investigates a minimal model of kinetic mixing between the Standard Model photon and a dark photon, where the mixing is mediated solely by an extended Higgs sector. Finally Chapter 5 studies the implications of a generalized thermodynamics, known as Tsallis statistics, on the thermal freeze-out of dark matter in the early universe.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2021; ©2021 |
| Publication date | 2021; 2021 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Rueter, Thomas D |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Hewett, JoAnne L |
| Thesis advisor | Hewett, JoAnne L |
| Thesis advisor | Graham, Peter |
| Thesis advisor | Rizzo, Thomas |
| Thesis advisor | Toro, Natalia |
| Degree committee member | Graham, Peter |
| Degree committee member | Rizzo, Thomas |
| Degree committee member | Toro, Natalia |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Physics |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Thomas Dylan Rueter. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Physics. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2021. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/wh477ky4697 |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2021 by Thomas D Rueter
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (CC BY).
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