Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2011-04-10
Phys.Lett.B703:292-297,2011
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Version in PLB (discussions added)
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physletb.2011.07.086
For the experimental search of neutralino dark matter, it is important to know its allowed mass and scattering cross section with the nucleon. In order to figure out how light a neutralino dark matter can be predicted in low energy supersymmetry, we scan over the parameter space of the NMSSM (next-to-minimal supersymmetric model), assuming all the relevant soft mass parameters to be below TeV scale. We find that in the parameter space allowed by current experiments the neutralino dark matter can be as light as a few GeV and its scattering rate off the nucleon can reach the sensitivity of XENON100 and CoGeNT. As a result, a sizable parameter space is excluded by the current XENON100 and CoGeNT data (the plausible CoGeNT dark matter signal can also be explained). The future 6000 kg-days exposure of XENON100 will further explore (but cannot completely cover) the remained parameter space. Moreover, we find that in such a light dark matter scenario a light CP-even or CP-odd Higgs boson must be present to satisfy the measured dark matter relic density. Consequently, the SM-like Higgs boson $h_{SM}$ may decay predominantly into a pair of light Higgs bosons or a pair of neutralinos so that the conventional decays like $h_{SM} -> \gamma \gamma$ is much suppressed.
Cao Junjie
Hikasa Ken-ichi
Wang Wenyu
Yang Jin Min
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