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Vector Dark Matter through a Radiative Higgs Portal

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2016-05-19 v2

Abstract

We study a model of spin-1 dark matter which interacts with the Standard Model predominantly via exchange of Higgs bosons. We propose an alternative UV completion to the usual Vector Dark Matter Higgs Portal, in which vector-like fermions charged under SU(2)W×_W \times U(1)Y_Y and under the dark gauge group, U(1)^\prime, generate an effective interaction between the Higgs and the dark matter at one loop. We explore the resulting phenomenology and show that this dark matter candidate is a viable thermal relic and satisfies Higgs invisible width constraints as well as direct detection bounds.

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@article{arxiv.1512.06853,
  title  = {Vector Dark Matter through a Radiative Higgs Portal},
  author = {Anthony DiFranzo and Patrick J. Fox and Tim M. P. Tait},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.06853},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

v2: published, udpated references, included minor changes to text 19 pages, 6 figures

R2 v1 2026-06-22T12:15:24.453Z