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Higgs vacuum stability from the dark matter portal

Khoze, Valentin V.; McCabe, Christopher; Ro, Gunnar

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Christopher McCabe

Gunnar Ro



Abstract

We consider classically scale-invariant extensions of the Standard Model (CSI ESM) which stabilise the Higgs potential and have good dark matter candidates. In this framework all mass scales, including electroweak and dark matter masses, are generated dynamically and have a common origin. We consider Abelian and non-Abelian hidden sectors portally coupled to the SM with and without a real singlet scalar. We perform a careful analysis of RG running to determine regions in the parameter space where the SM Higgs vacuum is stabilised. After combining this with the LHC Higgs constraints, in models without a singlet, none of the regained parameter space in Abelian ESMs, and only a small section in the non-Abelian ESM survives. However, in all singlet-extended models we find that the Higgs vacuum can be stabilised in all of the parameter space consistent with the LHC constraints. These models naturally contain two dark matter candidates: the real singlet and the dark gauge boson in non-Abelian models. We determine the viable range of parameters in the CSI ESM framework by computing the relic abundance, imposing direct detection constraints and combining with the LHC Higgs constraints. In addition to being instrumental in Higgs stabilisation, we find that the singlet component is required to explain the observed dark matter density.

Citation

Khoze, V. V., McCabe, C., & Ro, G. (2014). Higgs vacuum stability from the dark matter portal. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014(8), Article 26. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep08%282014%29026

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Aug 5, 2014
Deposit Date May 20, 2014
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Journal of High Energy Physics
Print ISSN 1126-6708
Publisher Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 2014
Issue 8
Article Number 26
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep08%282014%29026
Keywords Higgs physics, Beyond Standard Model, Cosmology of theories beyond the SM.

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