Cosmology of the Twin Higgs without explicit $\mathbb{Z}_2$ breaking
Abstract
The cosmology of the Twin Higgs requires the breaking of the symmetry, but it is still an open question whether this breaking needs to be explicit. In this paper, we study how the Mirror Twin Higgs could be modified to be compatible with current cosmological constraints without explicit breaking. We first present a simple toy model that can realize baryogenesis without explicit breaking or reaching temperatures that would lead to domain walls. The model can also either solve the problem and bring the abundance of mirror atoms to an allowed level or provide the correct dark matter abundance. We then present another simple model that leads to mirror neutron dark matter and thus acceptable dark matter self-interactions. We also include in appendix a series of results on energy exchange between different sectors that might prove useful for other cosmological problems.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2109.03279,
title = {Cosmology of the Twin Higgs without explicit $\mathbb{Z}_2$ breaking},
author = {Hugues Beauchesne and Yevgeny Kats},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.03279},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
46 pages, 8 figures, minor clarifications, matches with published version in JHEP