Conformal Complex Singlet Extension of the Standard Model: Scenario for Dark Matter and a Second Higgs Boson

TL;DR

This paper explores a conformal complex singlet extension of the Standard Model, proposing dark matter candidates, a second Higgs boson, and potential explanations for the LHC diphoton excess through detailed theoretical analysis.

Contribution

It introduces a novel conformal complex singlet model with a Higgs portal, analyzing both symmetry-breaking scenarios and their implications for dark matter and collider phenomenology.

Findings

Unbroken case yields a stable dark matter candidate around 100 GeV.

Broken case predicts a second Higgs at approximately 550 GeV with large mixing.

Model can explain the 750 GeV diphoton excess with additional interactions.

Abstract

We consider a conformal complex singlet extension of the Standard Model with a Higgs portal interaction. The global $U(1)$ symmetry of the complex singlet can be either broken or unbroken and we study each scenario. In the unbroken case, the global $U(1)$ symmetry protects the complex singlet from decaying, leading to an ideal cold dark matter candidate with approximately 100 GeV mass along with a significant proportion of thermal relic dark matter abundance. In the broken case, we have developed a renormalization-scale optimization technique to significantly narrow the parameter space and in some situations, provide unique predictions for all the model's couplings and masses. We have found there exists a second Higgs boson with a mass of approximately $550\,\rm{GeV}$ that mixes with the known $125\,\rm{GeV}$ Higgs with a large mixing angle $\sin\theta\approx 0.47$ consistent with current experimental limits. The imaginary part of the complex singlet in the broken case could provide axion dark matter for a wide range of models. Upon including interactions of the complex scalar with an additional vector-like fermion, we explore the possibility of a diphoton excess in both the unbroken and the broken cases. In the unbroken case, the model can provide a natural explanation for diphoton excess if extra terms are introduced providing extra contributions to the singlet mass. In the broken case, we find a set of coupling solutions that yield a second Higgs boson of mass $720\,\rm{GeV}$ and an $830\,\rm{GeV}$ extra vector-like fermion $F$, which is able to address the $750\,\rm{GeV}$ LHC diphoton excess. We also provide criteria to determine the symmetry breaking pattern in both the Higgs and hidden sectors.