A Higgsploding Theory of Dark Matter

2018/03/14 by Valentin V. Khoze, Khoze, Valentin V., Joey Reiness +5 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1803.05441

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Abstract

We show that the Higgsplosion mechanism makes a prediction for the mass and coupling of a WIMP-like minimal scalar dark matter model. In particular the currently favoured minimal value for the Higgsplosion scale, E_H∼ 25 TeV, implies a dark matter mass m_DM ∼ 1.25 TeV and a moderate quartic coupling with the Standard Model Higgs field λ_H,DM ∼ 0.4. This point in the parameter space is still allowed by all current experimental bounds, including direct detection (XENON), indirect detection (HESS, Fermi, Planck) and collider searches. We have updated the scalar dark matter bounds to reflect the latest results from XENON and HESS experiments. We also comment on vacuum stability and dark matter self-interactions in this model.

Citations

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