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We consider a simple renormalizable model providing a UV completion for dark matter whose interactions with the Standard Model are primarily via the gluons. The model consists of scalar dark matter interacting with scalar colored mediator particles. A novel feature is the fact that (in contrast to more typical models containing dark matter whose interactions are mediated via colored scalars) the colored scalars typically decay into multi-quark final states, with no associated missing energy. We construct this class of models and examine associated phenomena related to dark matter annihilation, scattering with nuclei, and production at colliders.
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Godbole, R.M., Mendiratta, G. & Tait, T.M. A simplified model for dark matter interacting primarily with gluons. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 64 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2015)064
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