Excited Weak Bosons and Dark Matter

TL;DR

This paper proposes that weak bosons are bound states of new constituents with excited states studied, and suggests a stable fermion as a dark matter candidate, linking particle physics with cosmology.

Contribution

It introduces a model where weak bosons are composite particles with excited states and identifies a stable fermion as a dark matter candidate.

Findings

Identification of the lowest mass excited state with the observed boson at LHC

Discussion of decay channels of excited bosons into weak bosons and photons

Proposes a stable fermion as a dark matter candidate

Abstract

The weak bosons are bound states of new constituents. The p-wave excitations are studied. The state with the lowest mass is identified with the boson, which has been discovered at the LHC. Specific properties of the excited bosons are discussed, in particular their decays into weak bosons and photons. The stable fermion, consisting of three haplons, provides the dark matter in our universe.