A two Higgs doublet model for dark matter and neutrino masses

Motivated by the interesting features of Two Higgs Doublet Models (2HDM) we present a 2HDM extension where the stability of dark matter, neutrino masses and the absence of flavor changing interactions are explained by promoting baryon and lepton number to gauge symmetries. Neutrino masses are addres...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physics letters. B 2019-08, Vol.795, p.319-326
Hauptverfasser: Camargo, Daniel A., Campos, Miguel D., de Melo, Téssio B., Queiroz, Farinaldo S.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Motivated by the interesting features of Two Higgs Doublet Models (2HDM) we present a 2HDM extension where the stability of dark matter, neutrino masses and the absence of flavor changing interactions are explained by promoting baryon and lepton number to gauge symmetries. Neutrino masses are addressed within the usual type I seesaw mechanism. A vector-like fermion acts as dark matter and it interacts with Standard Model particles via the kinetic and mass mixings between the neutral gauge bosons. We compute the relevant observables such as the dark matter relic density and spin-independent scattering cross section to outline the region of parameter space that obeys current and projected limits from collider and direct detection experiments via thermal and non-thermal dark matter production.
ISSN:0370-2693
1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2019.06.020