Impact of semi-annihilations on dark matter phenomenology. An example of ZN symmetric scalar dark matter

Abstract

We study the impact of semi-annihilations xixj↔xkX and dark matter conversion xixj↔xkxl, where xi is any dark matter and X is any standard model particle, on dark matter phenomenology. We formulate minimal scalar dark matter models with an extra doublet and a complex singlet that predict non-trivial dark matter phenomenology with semi-annihilation processes for different discrete Abelian symmetries ZN, N > 2. We implement two such example models with Z3 and Z4 symmetry in micrOMEGAs and work out their phenomenology. We show that both semi-annihilations and dark matter conversion significantly modify the dark matter relic abundance in this type of models. In the Z4 model, there are two stable neutral particles and therefore multi-component dark matter. We also study the possibility of dark matter direct detection in XENON100 in those models.