Dark Matter Elastic Scattering Through Higgs Loops [Everything you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask]

Berlin, Asher; Hooper, Dan; McDermott, Samuel D.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.92.123531

Title: Dark Matter Elastic Scattering Through Higgs Loops [Everything you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask]

Journal Article · Mon Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Physical Review D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.92.123531· OSTI ID:1221352

Berlin, Asher ^[1]; Hooper, Dan ^[2]; McDermott, Samuel D. ^[3]

Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)

We consider a complete list of simplifieed models in which Majorana dark matter particles annihilate at tree level to hh or hZ finnal states, and calculate the loop-induced elastic scattering cross section with nuclei in each case. Expressions for these annihilation and elastic scattering cross sections are provided, and can be easily applied to a variety of UV complete models. We identify several phenomenologically viable scenarios, including dark matter that annihilates through the s-channel exchange of a spin-zero mediator or through the t-channel exchange of a fermion. Although the elastic scattering cross sections predicted in this class of models are generally quite small, XENON1Tand LZ should be sensitive to significant regions of this parameter space. Models in which the dark matter annihilates to hh or hZ can also generate a gamma-ray signal that is compatible with the excess observed from the Galactic Center.

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Research Organization:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359; FG02-13ER41958; SC0009924

OSTI ID:: 1221352

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1234017

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-15-359-A; YITP-SB-15-29; PRVDAQ; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1508.05390

Journal Information:: Physical Review D, Vol. 92, Issue 12; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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