Self-interacting Dark Matter and Invisibly Decaying Higgs
Astrophysics
2009-12-30 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
Self-interacting dark matter has been suggested in order to overcome the difficulties of the Cold Dark Matter model on galactic scales. We argue that a scalar gauge singlet coupled to the Higgs boson, which could lead to an invisibly decaying Higgs, is an interesting candidate for this self-interacting dark matter particle. We also present estimates on the abundance of these particles today as well as consequences to non-Newtonian forces.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0003350,
title = {Self-interacting Dark Matter and Invisibly Decaying Higgs},
author = {M. C. Bento and O. Bertolami and R. Rosenfeld and L. Teodoro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0003350},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, Revtex