J.A. Casas
Reopening the Higgs portal for single scalar dark matter
Casas, J.A.; Cerdeño, D.G.; Moreno, J.M.; Quilis, J.
Authors
D.G. Cerdeño
J.M. Moreno
J. Quilis
Abstract
A real singlet scalar, connected to the Standard Model sector through a portal with the Higgs boson, is one of the simplest and most popular models for dark matter (DM). However, the experimental advances in direct and indirect DM searches, together with the latest results from the LHC, have ruled out vast areas of the parameter space of this scenario; and are expected to probe it completely within the next years, ruling it out if no signal is found. Motivated by the simplicity of this model, in this article we address a minimal, renormalizable extension that could evade detection, consisting of the addition of an extra real singlet scalar field in the dark sector. We analyze the physical constraints on the model and show that the new annihilation and/or coannihilation channels involving the extra singlet allow to reproduce the correct DM relic abundance while avoiding the bounds from direct and indirect searches for any DM mass above 50 GeV. We also show that, in some interesting regions of the parameter space, the extra particle can be integrated-out, leaving a “clever” effective theory (just involving the DM particle and the Higgs), that essentially reproduces the results.
Citation
Casas, J., Cerdeño, D., Moreno, J., & Quilis, J. (2017). Reopening the Higgs portal for single scalar dark matter. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017(05), Article 036. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep05%282017%29036
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Apr 23, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | May 8, 2017 |
Publication Date | May 8, 2017 |
Deposit Date | May 16, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | May 16, 2017 |
Journal | Journal of High Energy Physics |
Print ISSN | 1126-6708 |
Publisher | Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 2017 |
Issue | 05 |
Article Number | 036 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep05%282017%29036 |
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