Search

Motivated by the upcoming Higgs analyses, we investigate the importance of the complementarity of the Higgs boson chase on the low-mass weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) search in direct detection experiments and the gamma-ray emission from the Galactic Center measured by the Fermi-LAT telescope in the context of the SU(3)C ⊗ SU(3)L ⊗ U(l)N. We obtain the relic abundance, thermal cross section, and the WIMP-nucleon cross section in the low-mass regime and network them with the branching ratios (BRs) of the Higgs boson in the model. We conclude that the Higgs boson search has a profound connection to the dark matter problem in our model, in particular for the case that (MWIMP < 60 GeV) the BR(H→2 WIMPs) ≳90%. This scenario could explain the gamma-ray emission from the Galactic Center observed by the Fermi-LAT telescope through the b... channel with a WIMP in the mass range of 25-15 GeV, while still being consistent with the current limits from XENON 100 and CDMSII. However, after the recent LHC measurements concerning the Higgs, this window has been completely forfended, implying that MWIMP > MH/2 and, consequently, ruling out any attempt to explain the Fermi-LAT observations, although still offering a region of the parameter space consistent with the current bounds. Lastly, we show that our model has a Standard Model-like Higgs boson for the regime that MWIMP > MH/2, by computing the BRs into bb, γγ and ττ. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this work we build a gauge model based on the SU(3)c ⊗ SU(3)L ⊗ U(l)N symmetry with heavy neutrinos and show that we can have two wealdy interacting cold dark matter candidates in its spectrum. This is achieved by noticing that a global U(1) symmetry can be imposed on the model in such a way that the stability of the dark matter is guaranteed. We obtain their relic abundance and analyze their compatibility with recent direct detection experiments, also exploring the possibility of explaining the two events reported by CDMSII. An interesting outcome of this 3-3-1 model, concerning direct detection of these WIMPs, is a strong bound on the symmetry breaking scale, which imposes it to be above 3 TeV. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work deals with the right-handed sneutrino as thermal cold dark matter candidate. This scalar emerges in a supersymmetric version of the SU(3)c⊗SU(3)L⊗U(1)X gauge model where right-handed neutrinos are a natural component of leptonic chiral scalar supermultiplets. We first consider the issue of a 125 GeV Higgs boson mass in this model, showing that constraints on the stop mass and trilinear soft coupling are considerably alleviated compared to the minimal supersymmetric standard model. Then, we investigate the region of parameter space that is consistent with right-handed sneutrino as thermal cold dark matter, under the light of Planck results on the relic abundance and direct detection from the LUX experiment. This sneutrino mainly annihilates through an extra neutral gauge boson, Z′, and Higgs exchange so that the physics of dark matter is somewhat related to the parameters determining Higgs and Z′ masses. We then obtain that the right-handed sneutrino in this model must be heavier than 400 GeV to conform with Planck and LUX, simultaneously constraining the Z′ mass to be above 2400 GeV, which is in perfect agreement with LHC searches in a nonsupersymmetric version of this model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]