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We discuss models of ultralight scalar Dark Matter (DM) with linear and quadratic couplings to the Standard Model (SM). In addition to studying the phenomenology of linear and quadratic interactions separately, we examine their interplay. We review the different experiments that can probe such interactions and present the current and expected future bounds on the parameter space. In particular, we discuss the scalar field solution presented in [A. Hees, O. Minazzoli, E. Savalle, Y. V. Stadnik and P. Wolf, Phys.Rev.D 98 (2018) 6, 064051], and extend it to theories that capture both the linear and the quadratic couplings of the Dark Matter (DM) field to the Standard Model (SM). Furthermore, we discuss the theoretical aspects and the corresponding challenges for natural models in which the quadratic interactions are of phenomenological importance.
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We thank Kfir Blum, Dmitry Budker, Joshua Eby, Huyngjin Kim, Eric Madge and Yevgeny Stadnik for useful discussions. AB, GP, and MS would like to thank the Aspen Center for Physics for its hospitality and support where the part of the work was performed. The work of AB is supported by the Azrieli foundation. The work of GP is supported by grants from BSF-NSF, Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel research award, GIF, ISF, Minerva, SABRA Yeda-Sela WRC Program, the Estate of Emile Mimran, and the Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Endowment. The work of MS was supported by the NSF QLCI Award OMA - 2016244, NSF Grant PHY-2012068, and European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (Grant Number 856415). IS is supported by a fellowship from the Ariane de Rothschild Women Doctoral Program.
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Banerjee, A., Perez, G., Safronova, M. et al. The phenomenology of quadratically coupled ultra light dark matter. J. High Energ. Phys. 2023, 42 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2023)042
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