The inert doublet model: an archetype for dark matter

By L. Honorez, E. Nezri, J. F. Oliver, M. Tytgat. 2006

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The inert doublet model (IDM), a two Higgs extension of the standard model with an unbroken Z2 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.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Dark Matter through the Higgs portal (2019, background): “[114, 450, 451], the correct DM relic density can be obtained in three scenarios:”
A White Paper on keV sterile neutrino Dark Matter (2016, background): “These models can not only motivate tiny neutrino masses at one-loop level [783–785], but they can also give rise to at least one stable DM candidate [30, 31, 783, 784, 786] – and in general, the fact that the neutrino mass is generated at loop-level strongly affects their phenomenology [783, 787–794”
From the Trees to the Forest: A Review of Radiative Neutrino Mass Models (2017, methodology): “As the neutrino Yukawa couplings are generally required to be small to satisfy LFV constraints, the DM phenomenology for a scalar LCP is generally the same as in the inert doublet model [625, 626].”
The inert doublet model of dark matter revisited (2010, methodology): “This intermediate mass regime gives rise to a very rich phenomenology [7], with significant direct detection cross section and good indirect detection prospects via gamma rays [8].”
Building and testing models with extended Higgs sectors (2017, methodology): “This model known as the Inert doublet model (IDM) was resurrected a decade ago [434, 435, 436] and its phenomenology has been explored in great detail.”
Scalar multiplet dark matter (2009, result): “Moreover, due to these quartic couplings, and without fine-tuning, a large range of values of mDM is compatible with the observed DM relic abundance.”
Natural Dark Matter from an unnatural Higgs boson and new colored particles at the TeV scale (2007, methodology): “The Higgs boson phenomenology of this model is similar to that of the Inert Doublet Model.”