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Sterile Neutrino Portal Dark Matter in $\nu$THDM

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2023-06-07 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we propose the sterile neutrino portal dark matter in ν\nuTHDM. This model can naturally generate tiny neutrino mass with the neutrinophilic scalar doublet Φν\Phi_{\nu} and sterile neutrinos NN around TeV scale. Charged under a Z2Z_2 symmetry, one Dirac fermion singlet χ\chi and one scalar singlet ϕ\phi are further introduced in the dark sector. The sterile neutrinos NN are the mediators between the DM and SM. Depending on the coupling strength, the DM can be either WIMP or FIMP. For the WIMP scenario, pair annihilation of DM into NNNN is the key channel to satisfy various bounds, which could be tested at indirect detection experiments. For the FIMP scenario, besides the direct production of DM from freeze-in mechanism, contributions from late decay of NLSP is also important. When sterile neutrinos are heavier than the dark sector, NLSP is long-lived due to tiny mixing angle between sterile and light neutrinos. Constrains from free-streaming length, CMB, BBN and neutrino experiments are considered.

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@article{arxiv.2205.11846,
  title  = {Sterile Neutrino Portal Dark Matter in $\nu$THDM},
  author = {Ang Liu and Feng-Lan Shao and Zhi-Long Han and Yi Jin and Honglei Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.11846},
  year   = {2023}
}

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27 pages, 14 figures