Phenomenology of Minimal Leptophilic Dark Matter Models at Linear Colliders

TL;DR

This paper explores a minimal leptophilic dark matter model at linear colliders, analyzing its phenomenology, potential signals, and the relationship between scattering cross-section and relic density.

Contribution

It introduces a minimal GeV-scale Majorana dark matter model with a charged scalar singlet and studies its collider signatures and phenomenological implications.

Findings

Anti-correlation between DM-Nucleus scattering cross-section and relic density.

Potential to test the model via same-sign charged Higgs pair production.

Detectable signals include mono-Higgs production with right-handed neutrinos.

Abstract

We discuss the phenomenology of a minimal model for GeV-scale Majorana dark matter (DM) coupled to the standard model lepton sector via a charged scalar singlet. The theoretical framework extends the Standard Model by two $SU(2)_L$ singlets: one charged Higgs boson and a singlet right-handed fermion. The latter plays the role of the DM candidate. We show that there is an anti-correlation between the spin-independent DM-Nucleus scattering cross-section ($\sigma_{\rm SI}$) and the DM relic density. We suggest a scenario that can be tested in both electron-electron and electron-positron collisions using the production of same-sign charged Higgs pairs and mono-Higgs in association with right-handed neutrinos.