Vector WIMP Miracle

TL;DR

This paper explores the possibility that a vector WIMP, associated with broken gauge symmetry at the TeV scale, naturally predicts a Higgs mass consistent with LHC findings and discusses prospects for its detection.

Contribution

It demonstrates that vector WIMPs can predict a Higgs mass around 120-125 GeV using a non-linear sigma model, supporting their viability as dark matter candidates.

Findings

Predicts Higgs mass 120-125 GeV consistent with LHC results

Suggests vector WIMPs can be detected in future experiments

Uses a bottom-up approach with a non-linear sigma model

Abstract

Weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) is well known to be a good candidate for dark matter, and it is also predicted by many new physics models beyond the standard model at the TeV scale. We found that, if the WIMP is a vector particle (spin one particle) which is associated with some gauge symmetry broken at the TeV scale, the higgs mass is often predicted to be 120--125 GeV, which is very consistent with the result of higgs searches recently reported by ATLAS and CMS collaborations at the Large Hadron Collider experiment. In this letter, we consider the vector WIMP using a non-linear sigma model in order to confirm this result as general as possible in a bottom-up approach. Near-future prospects to detect the vector WIMP at both direct and indirect detection experiments of dark matter are also discussed.