Stable Higgs Bosons - new candidate for cold dark matter -

TL;DR

This paper proposes that in certain gauge-Higgs unification models, the Higgs boson is absolutely stable and can serve as a viable candidate for cold dark matter, with specific implications for relic abundance and detection.

Contribution

It introduces a class of models where the Higgs boson is stable and explores its role as dark matter, including relic abundance calculations and detection prospects.

Findings

Higgs mass around 70 GeV yields correct relic abundance.

Higgs-nucleon cross section near experimental bounds.

Stable Higgs bosons produce missing energy signals in colliders.

Abstract

The Higgs boson is in the backbone of the standard model of electroweak interactions. It must exist in some form for achieving unification of interactions. In the gauge-Higgs unification scenario the Higgs boson becomes a part of the extra-dimensional component of gauge fields. The Higgs boson becomes absolutely stable in a class of the gauge-Higgs unification models, serving as a promising candidate for cold dark matter in the universe. The observed relic abundance of cold dark matter is obtained with the Higgs mass around 70 GeV. The Higgs-nucleon scattering cross section is found to be close to the recent CDMS II and XENON10 bounds in the direct detection of dark matter. In collider experiments stable Higgs bosons are produced in a pair, appearing as missing energies and momenta so that the way of detecting Higgs bosons must be altered.