Gemini dark matter
Andrew Cheek (Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MOE) & Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China); Yu-Cheng Qiu (Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China); Liang Tan (Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MOE) & Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China)
The tension in the large-scale structure can be explained by decaying dark matter with an almost degenerate spectrum and small enough decay width. Here we propose the Gemini dark matter model, which contains a heavy mother particle and two twins , which are almost degenerate in mass and are produced at the same time. The dark sector is charged under the same Froggatt-Nielsen symmetry that can explain the hierarchy of the Standard Model Yukawa couplings. The slightly heavier decays into and the axionic component of the flavon, which washes out the small-scale structure and resolves tension. We present the production mechanism of Gemini dark matter and viable parameter regions. We find that, despite the preferred dark matter mass being , they constitute cold dark matter. The Gemini dark matter model predicts an abundance of dark radiation that will be probed in future measurements of the cosmic microwave background.