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A new parameter space study of the singlet fermionic cold dark matter model

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-19 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We consider the standard model (SM) extended by a gauge singlet fermion as cold dark matter (SFCDM) and a gauge singlet scalar (singlet Higgs) as a mediator. The parameter space of the SM is enlarged by seven new ones. We obtain the total annihilation cross section of singlet fermions to the SM particles and singlet Higgs at tree level. Regarding the relic abundance constraint obtained by WMAP observations, we study the dependency on each parameter separately, for dark matter masses up to 1 TeV. In particular, the coupling of SFCDM to singlet Higgs gsg_s, the SFCDM mass mψm_\psi, the second Higgs mass mh2m_{h_2}, and the Higgs bosons mixing angel θ\theta are investigated accurately. Three other parameters play no significant role. For a maximal mixing of Higgs bosons or at resonances, gsg_s is applicable for the perturbation theory at tree level. We also obtain the scattering cross section of SFCDM off nucleons and compare our results with experiments which have already reported data in this mass range; XENON100, LUX, COUPP and PICASSO collaborations. Our results show that the SFCDM is excluded by these experiments for choosing parameters which are consistent with perturbation theory and relic abundance constraints.

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@article{arxiv.1406.2927,
  title  = {A new parameter space study of the singlet fermionic cold dark matter model},
  author = {Zohreh Bagherian and Mohammad Mahdi Ettefaghi and Zina Haghgouyan and Reza Moazzemi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.2927},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

12 pages, 7 figures, revtex4 format, revised version, some references added, to appear in JCAP

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