Weak-scale hidden sector and electroweak Q-balls
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-10-31 v2
Abstract
By extending the scalar sector of the Standard Model (SM) by a U(1) singlet, we show that the electroweak symmetry breaking enables the formation of a stable, electrically neutral, colorless Q-ball which couples to the SM particle spectrum solely through the Higgs boson. This Q-ball has mainly weak and gravitational interactions, and behaves as a collection of weakly interacting massive particles. Therefore, it can be a candidate for the dark matter in the universe.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9810453,
title = {Weak-scale hidden sector and electroweak Q-balls},
author = {D. A. Demir},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9810453},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, typos corrected, new references added