Dark light-Higgs bosons

Patrick Draper, Tao Liu, Carlos E.M. Wagner, Lian Tao Wang, Hao Zhang

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Abstract

We study a limit of the nearly Peccei-Quinn-symmetric next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model possessing novel Higgs and dark matter (DM) properties. In this scenario, there naturally coexist three light singletlike particles: a scalar, a pseudoscalar, and a singlinolike DM candidate, all with masses of order 0.1-10 GeV. The decay of a standard model-like Higgs boson to pairs of the light scalars or pseudoscalars is generically suppressed, avoiding constraints from collider searches for these channels. For a certain parameter window annihilation into the light pseudoscalar and exchange of the light scalar with nucleons allow the singlino to achieve the correct relic density and a large direct-detection cross section consistent with the DM direct-detection experiments, CoGeNT and DAMA/LIBRA, preferred region simultaneously. This parameter space is consistent with experimental constraints from LEP, the Tevatron, Υ, and flavor physics.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number121805
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume106
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 24 2011
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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