Forbidden dark matter assisted by first-order phase transition and associated gravitational waves

arXiv:2601.12319 · hep-ph, astro-ph.CO · Submitted 2026-01-18 · Read on arXiv

hep-ph, astro-ph.CO

Submitted: 2026-01-18

Updated: 2026-08-13

Terminology

• Abundance — 28× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Benchmark — 19× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Symmetry Breaking — 9× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Phase Transitions — 7× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Standard Model — 4× in this paper
• pulsar timing arrays — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Boltzmann Equation — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Consistency — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Decoupling — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Domain Walls — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• First-Order Transition — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Gravitational Lensing — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Gravitational Wave Signalto-Noise Ratio — 1× in this paper
• Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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• A sub-GeV dark matter model
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• Direct detection and complementary constraints for sub-GeV dark matter
• New realisation of light thermal dark matter with enhanced detection prospects
• Light thermal dark matter via type-I seesaw portal
• Light thermal dark matter models in the light of DAMIC-M 2025 constraints
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• Cosmological Probes of Lepton Parity Freeze-in Dark Matter: $\Delta N_{\rm eff}$ & Gravitational Waves
• The Sound of Dark Sectors in Pulsar Timing Arrays
• (sub)GeV Dark Matter in the $U(1)_X$ Higgs Portal Model
• Light Dark Matter Search with Ionization Signals in XENON1T

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