Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2012-04-23
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
15 pages, 7 figures
Scientific paper
We study the first Kaluza-Klein excitation of the Higgs boson in universal extra dimensions as a dark matter candidate. The first-level Higgs boson could be the lightest Kaluza-Klein particle, which is stable due to the conservation of Kaluza-Klein parity, in non-minimal models where boundary localized terms modify the mass spectrum. We calculate the relic abundance and find that it agrees with the observed dark matter density if the mass of the first-level Higgs boson is about 2 TeV. We study also the prospects for detection of this dark matter candidate in direct as well as indirect detection experiments. Although the first-level Higgs boson is a typical weakly interacting massive particle, an observation in any of the conventional experiments is very challenging.
Melbeus Henrik
Merle Alexander
Ohlsson Tommy
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