Asymmetric Dark Matter in Extended Exo-Higgs Scenarios

TL;DR

This paper proposes an extended exo-Higgs model with a singlet scalar that provides a viable asymmetric dark matter candidate, predicts detectable gravitational waves, and offers potential explanations for the muon g-2 anomaly.

Contribution

It introduces a new scalar extension to the exo-Higgs model that accounts for asymmetric dark matter and connects to observable signals like gravitational waves and muon g-2.

Findings

Predicted ADM particle mass of about 1.3 GeV.

Potential gravitational wave signals from a strong first order phase transition.

Possible explanation of muon g-2 anomaly with additional heavy fermions.

Abstract

The exo-Higgs model can accommodate a successful baryogenesis mechanism that closely mirrors electroweak baryogenesis in the Standard Model, but avoids its shortcomings. We extend the exo-Higgs model by the addition of a singlet complex scalar $\chi$. In our model, $\chi$ can be a viable asymmetric dark matter (ADM) candidate. We predict the mass of the ADM particle to be $m_\chi\approx1.3\, \textrm{GeV}$. The leptophilic couplings of $\chi$ can provide for efficient annihilation of the ADM pairs. We also discuss the LHC signals of our scenario, and in particular the production and decays of exo-leptons which would lead to "lepton pair plus missing energy" final states. Our model typically predicts potentially detectable gravitational waves originating from the assumed strong first order phase transition at a temperature of $\sim$ TeV. If the model is further extended to include new heavy vector-like fermions, {\it e.g.} from an ultraviolet extension, $\chi$ couplings could explain the $\sim 3.5\sigma $ muon $g-2$ anomaly.