Mono-Higgs signature in a singlet fermionic dark matter model

TL;DR

This paper explores the potential of mono-Higgs signatures at the LHC as a probe for singlet fermionic dark matter, showing that current experimental data can constrain or detect this model.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed analysis of mono-Higgs production in a singlet fermionic dark matter model, connecting theoretical predictions with existing collider search results.

Findings

Predicted yields are compatible with or exceed experimental benchmarks.

Some model parameters can be constrained by current ATLAS and CMS data.

Mono-Higgs production can be effectively probed at the High-Luminosity LHC.

Abstract

We investigate the production of dark matter in association with a Higgs boson at the LHC within the singlet fermionic dark matter model. We focus on final states featuring a Higgs boson accompanied by large missing transverse momentum ($E^{\textrm{miss}}_{\textrm{T}}$), where the Higgs decays into a $b \bar{b}$ pair in the ATLAS analysis and into a $ZZ$ pair in the CMS analysis. Assuming light dark matter fermions with a mass of approximately 1 GeV, we find that the predicted production yields in this model are compatible with, or even exceed, those of the benchmark scenarios studied in the recent experimental analyses, particularly in the low $E^{\textrm{miss}}_{\textrm{T}}$ region, under parameter sets allowed by current collider bounds and dark matter constraints. Therefore, we expect that some exclusion limits on the model parameters introduced in this work may be derived from existing ATLAS and CMS mono-Higgs search results, and that the mono-Higgs production in this model can be directly probed at the future High-Luminosity phase of the LHC.