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Constraints on inert dark matter from metastability of the electroweak vacuum

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-09-09 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

The inert scalar doublet model of dark matter can be valid up to the Planck scale. We briefly review the bounds on the model in such a scenario and identify parameter spaces that lead to absolute stability and metastability of the electroweak vacuum.

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@article{arxiv.1503.03085,
  title  = {Constraints on inert dark matter from metastability of the electroweak vacuum},
  author = {Najimuddin Khan and Subhendu Rakshit},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.03085},
  year   = {2015}
}

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26 pages, 9 figures. To appear in PRD