Dark matter candidates in the constrained Exceptional Supersymmetric Standard Model

TL;DR

This paper investigates the constrained E6SSM, a supersymmetric model with an extra U(1), exploring dark matter candidates, their relic density mechanisms, and compatibility with recent detection experiments.

Contribution

It provides a detailed phenomenological analysis of the cE6SSM, identifying new dark matter mechanisms and benchmark points compatible with experimental constraints.

Findings

Identification of a new mixed bino/inert-Higgsino dark matter mechanism.

Large viable parameter space with potential for discovery in XENON1T.

Compatibility of model predictions with LUX 2016 and XENON1T constraints.

Abstract

The Exceptional Supersymmetric Standard Model (E$_6$SSM) is a low energy alternative to the MSSM with an extra $U(1)$ gauge symmetry and three generations of matter filling complete 27-plet representations of $E_6$. This provides both new D and F term contributions that raise the Higgs mass at tree level, and a compelling solution to the $\mu$-problem of the MSSM by forbidding such a term with the extra $U(1)$ symmetry. Instead, an effective $\mu$-term is generated from the VEV of an SM singlet which breaks the extra $U(1)$ symmetry at low energies, giving rise to a massive $Z^\prime$. We explore the phenomenology of the constrained version of this model (cE$_6$SSM) in substantially more detail than has been carried out previously, performing a ten dimensional scan that reveals a large volume of viable parameter space. We classify the different mechanisms for generating the measured relic density of dark matter found in the scan, including the identification of a new mechanism involving mixed bino/inert-Higgsino dark matter. We show which mechanisms can evade the latest direct detection limits from the LUX 2016 experiment. Finally we present benchmarks consistent with all the experimental constraints and which could be discovered with the XENON1T experiment.