Unlocking the inelastic Dark Matter window with vector mediators by Ana Luisa Foguel, Peter Reimitz, Renata Zukanovich Funchal

“…In this work, we consider the case of iDM with general vector mediators and explore the consequences of such a choice in the relic density computation, as well as for the cosmological and experimental bounds. …”
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Measuring solar neutrino fluxes in direct detection experiments in the presence of light mediators by Shuo-yu Xia

“…The constraints on light mediators can reach O(10−6) for the masses of scalar and vector mediators below 10 MeV. However, the presence of scalar or vector mediators could lead to shifts in the best fit value of 8B fluxes, which will increase the challenges in the precise measurements of solar neutrino fluxes with direct detection experiments.…”
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Host–Pathogen–Vector Continuum in a Changing Landscape: Potential Transmission Pathways for Bartonella in a Small Mammal Community by B. R. Ansil, Ashwin Viswanathan, Vivek Ramachandran, H. M. Yeshwanth, Avirup Sanyal, Uma Ramakrishnan

“…Interestingly, while Bartonella genotypes (15) in small mammals were host‐specific, ectoparasites had nonspecific associations, suggesting the possibility for vector‐mediated cross‐species transmission. We also found that Bartonella prevalence in hosts was positively correlated with their aggregated ectoparasite loads, further emphasizing the crucial role that ectoparasites may play in these transmission pathways. …”
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The third-generation-philic WIMP: an EFT analysis by Georgios Demetriou, Gino Isidori, Gioacchino Piazza, Emanuelle Pinsard

“…Notably, this region will be fully probed by upcoming direct-detection experiments. Finally, we show that additional parameter space for both fermion and scalar cases can be recovered by going beyond the effective theory, through the introduction of a suitable vector mediator enabling resonant DM annihilation.…”
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Strongly interacting dark sectors in the early Universe and at the LHC through a simplified portal by Elias Bernreuther, Felix Kahlhoefer, Michael Krämer, Patrick Tunney

“…Abstract We study the cosmology and LHC phenomenology of a consistent strongly interacting dark sector coupled to Standard Model particles through a generic vector mediator. We lay out the requirements for the model to be cosmologically viable, identify annihilations into dark vector mesons as the dominant dark matter freeze-out process and discuss bounds from direct detection. …”
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Effect of high-fat diet on adipose tissues structure and inflammatory characteristics during pregnancy in mice by LU Xingyu, XU Yidan, LIU Yiqin, ZHANG Qianren, DONG Yan

“…Adipose tissue may be a new vector mediating the intergenerational transmission of obesity.…”
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