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Multicomponent Scalar Dark Matter with an Extended Gauge Sector

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2024-02-01 v2

Abstract

We consider an extension of the Standard Model of particle physics with an additional SU(2)SU(2) gauge sector along with an additional scalar bidoublet and a non-linear sigma field. The neutral components of the bidoublet serve as dark matter candidates by virtue of the bidoublet being odd under a Z2Z_2 symmetry. Generic beyond Standard Model constraints like vacuum stability, invisible decay of higgs, Higgs alignment limit and collider constraints on heavy gauge bosons restrict the parameter space of this model. In this multicomponent dark matter scenario, we investigate the interplay between the annihilation and co-annihilation channels originating from the new gauge sector as those contribute to the relic abundance. We also inspect the direct detection constraints on scattering cross-sections of the dark matter particles with the detector nucleons and present our observations.

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@article{arxiv.2307.14873,
  title  = {Multicomponent Scalar Dark Matter with an Extended Gauge Sector},
  author = {Baradhwaj Coleppa and Kousik Loho and Agnivo Sarkar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.14873},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

21 pages, 15 figures, matches the version accepted for publication in EPJC

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