Abstract:
Self-Destructing Dark Matter (SDDM), a new class of dark matter models
will be presented In this class of models, a component of dark matter
can transition from a long-lived state to a short-lived one by
scattering off of a nucleus or an electron in the Earth. The
short-lived state then decays to Standard Model particles, generating
a dark matter signal with a visible energy of order the dark matter
mass rather than just its recoil. This leads to striking signals in
large detectors with high energy thresholds. Examples of models which
exhibit self-destruction, all inspired by bound state dynamics in the
Standard Model will be presented.