Constraining the Inert Doublet Model

TL;DR

This paper surveys current constraints on the Inert Doublet Model, analyzing theoretical and experimental limits, and proposes benchmark scenarios for LHC Run II based on scalar pair-production cross sections.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of the parameter space constraints and introduces benchmark scenarios for future collider investigations.

Findings

Identified allowed regions in the model's parameter space.

Calculated scalar pair-production cross sections at 13 TeV LHC.

Proposed benchmark scenarios for experimental testing.

Abstract

We give a survey on current constraints on the Inert Doublet Model parameter space, including all theoretical as well as experimental limits from collider and astrophysical data. For allowed regions in the parameter space, we provide total production cross sections for the pair-production of scalars at the 13 TeV LHC and propose benchmarks scenarios which should be investigated by the LHC experiments at Run II.