On Minimal Dark Matter coupled to the Higgs
Laura Lopez-Honorez, Michel H.G. Tytgat, Pantelis Tziveloglou, and, Bryan Zaldivar

TL;DR
This paper explores extended Minimal Dark Matter models with fermionic electroweak multiplets coupled via the Higgs, analyzing their parameter space, viability, and detectability in experiments.
Contribution
It systematically studies various fermionic multiplet extensions of Minimal Dark Matter, including a novel Majorana quintuplet case, and assesses their experimental prospects.
Findings
Identifies viable dark matter mass ranges considering Sommerfeld effects.
Shows Higgs coupling can make Minimal Dark Matter detectable in current experiments.
Provides a comprehensive parameter space analysis for multiple multiplet configurations.
Abstract
We provide a unified presentation of extensions of the Minimal Dark Matter framework in which new fermionic electroweak multiplets are coupled to each other via the Standard Model Higgs doublet. We study systematically the generic features of all the possibilities, starting with a singlet and two doublets (akin to Bino-Higgsino dark matter) up to a Majorana quintuplet coupled to two Weyl quadruplets. We pay special attention to this last case, since it has not yet been discussed in the literature. We estimate the parameter space for viable dark matter candidates. This includes an estimate for the mass of a quasi-pure quadruplet dark matter candidate taking into account the Sommerfeld effect. We also argue how the coupling to the Higgs can bring the Minimal Dark Matter scenario within the reach of present and future direct detection experiments.
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Taxonomy
TopicsDark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena · Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies · Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
