Forbidden Channels and SIMP Dark Matter

Abstract

In this review, we focus on dark matter production from thermal freeze-out with forbidden channels and SIMP processes. We show that forbidden channels can be dominant to produce dark matter depending on the dark photon and / or dark Higgs mass compared to SIMP.

Comments: 5 pages, Prepared for the proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Gravitation, 3-7 July 2017