Higgs searches and singlet scalar dark matter: Combined constraints from XENON 100 and the LHC

TL;DR

This paper combines data from XENON100 and the LHC to constrain singlet scalar dark matter models, showing that the Higgs' invisible width is minimal except for specific light dark matter regions, and setting strong limits on elastic scattering cross sections.

Contribution

It provides a combined analysis of direct detection and collider data to refine constraints on singlet scalar dark matter models, highlighting regions of parameter space still compatible with current experiments.

Findings

Invisible Higgs width is negligible except for light dark matter regions.

Strong limits on elastic scattering cross section in the Higgs mass range 135-155 GeV.

Dark matter-proton cross section constrained to below 2 x 10^{-45} cm^2.

Abstract

XENON100 and the LHC are two of the most promising machines to test the physics beyond the Standard Model. In the meantime, indirect hints push us to believe that the dark matter and Higgs boson could be the two next fundamental particles to be discovered. Whereas ATLAS and CMS have just released their new limits on the Higgs searches, XENON100 obtained very recently strong constraints on DM-proton elastic scattering. In this work, we show that when we combined WMAP and the most recent results of XENON100, the invisible width of the Higgs to scalar dark matter is negligible($\lesssim 10%$), except in a small region with very light dark matter ($\lesssim 10$ GeV) not yet excluded by XENON100 or around 60 GeV where the ratio can reach 50% to 60%. The new results released by the Higgs searches of ATLAS and CMS set very strong limits on the elastic scattering cross section, even restricting it to the region $8 \times 10^{-46} \mrm{cm^2} \lesssim \sigma_{S-p}^{SI}\lesssim 2 \times 10^{-45} \mrm{cm^{2}}$ in the hypothesis $135 \mrm{GeV} \lesssim M_H \lesssim 155 \mrm{GeV}$.