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The Inert Doublet Model: an Archetype for Dark Matter

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2010-10-27 v2 Astrophysics

Abstract

The Inert Doublet Model (IDM), a two Higgs extension of the Standard Model with an unbroken Z2Z_2 symmetry, is a simple and yet rich model of dark matter. We present a systematic analysis of the dark matter abundance and investigate the potentialities for direct and gamma indirect detection. We show that the model should be within the range of future experiments, like GLAST and ZEPLIN. The lightest stable scalar in the IDM is a perfect example, or archetype of a weakly interacting massive particle.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0612275,
  title  = {The Inert Doublet Model: an Archetype for Dark Matter},
  author = {Laura Lopez Honorez and Emmanuel Nezri and Josep F. Oliver and Michel H. G. Tytgat},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0612275},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

12 pages, 7 figures, references added and typos corrected

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