The Inert Doublet Model : a new archetype of WIMP dark matter?
Michel H.G. Tytgat
TL;DR
The paper reviews the Inert Doublet Model, a theoretical extension of the Standard Model that introduces a dark matter candidate through an additional scalar doublet stabilized by a Z_2 symmetry, with implications for electroweak symmetry breaking and dark matter detection.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive review of the IDM's phenomenology, highlighting its potential as a new archetype for WIMP dark matter and its relevance to electroweak symmetry breaking.
Findings
IDM offers a viable dark matter candidate stabilized by Z_2 symmetry.
The model has distinctive phenomenological signatures relevant for detection.
IDM impacts understanding of electroweak symmetry breaking.
Abstract
The Inert Doublet Model (IDM) is a two doublet extension of the Higgs-Brout-Englert sector of the Standard Model with a Z_2 symmetry in order to prevent FCNC. If the Z_2 symmetry is not spontaneously broken, the lightest neutral extra scalar is a dark matter candidate. We briefly review the phenomenology of the model, emphasizing its relevance for the issue of Electroweak Symmetry Breaking (EWSB) and the prospects for detection of dark matter.
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