Dark Matter and Electroweak Symmetry Breaking in Models with Warped Extra Dimensions

TL;DR

This paper proposes a discrete symmetry in warped extra dimension models that naturally produces dark matter candidates and explores a realistic Gauge-Higgs Unification model with implications for electroweak symmetry breaking, Higgs mass, and new resonances.

Contribution

It introduces a novel discrete symmetry mechanism for dark matter in warped extra dimensions and provides a detailed realistic model within Gauge-Higgs Unification frameworks.

Findings

Realistic dark matter candidates are achievable with the proposed symmetry.

The model predicts a heavier Higgs and new light quark resonances.

Electroweak precision fits are improved in certain parameter regions.

Abstract

We show that a discrete exchange symmetry can give rise to realistic dark matter candidates in models with warped extra dimensions. We show how to realize our construction in a variety of models with warped extra dimensions and study in detail a realistic model of Gauge-Higgs Unification/composite Higgs in which the observed amount of dark matter is naturally reproduced. In this model, a realistic pattern of electroweak symmetry breaking typically occurs in a region of parameter space in which the fit to the electroweak precision observables improves, the Higgs is heavier than the experimental bound and new light quark resonances are predicted. We also quantify the fine-tuning of such scenarios, and discuss in which sense Gauge-Higgs Unification models result in a natural theory of electroweak symmetry breaking.