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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik
T 99: Searches/BSM V
T 99.2: Talk
Friday, March 20, 2026, 09:15–09:30, KH 02.014
Dark Matter phenomenology in an Effective Field Theory framework — •Maria Gonçalves1,2, Margarete Mühlleitner1, Rui Santos2,3, and Tomás Trindade2 — 1Karlsruher Institut für Technologie - ITP, Karlsruhe, Germany — 2Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa - CFTC, Lisboa, Portugal — 3Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa - ISEL, Lisboa, Portugal
Dark matter (DM) remains one of the greatest mysteries in modern physics. From a particle physics perspective, effective field theories (EFTs) provide a powerful tool to explore possible extensions of the Standard Model (SM). In this work, we use current experimental data to constrain the coefficients of higher-dimensional operators in the EFT description. This approach allows us to identify promising directions for extending the SM to include viable DM candidates.
Keywords: Dark Matter; Effective Field Theory