Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2009-11-30
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
27 pages, 13 figures minor clarifications, references added, results unchanged, version to be published in JCAP
Scientific paper
We consider the possibility that the Higgs can be produced in dark matter annihilations, appearing as a line in the spectrum of gamma rays at an energy determined by the masses of the WIMP and the Higgs itself. We argue that this phenomenon occurs generally in models in which the the dark sector has large couplings to the most massive states of the SM and provide a simple example inspired by the Randall-Sundrum vision of dark matter, whose 4d dual corresponds to electroweak symmetry-breaking by strong dynamics which respect global symmetries that guarantee a stable WIMP. The dark matter is a Dirac fermion that couples to a Z' acting as a portal to the Standard Model through its strong coupling to top quarks. Annihilation into light standard model degrees of freedom is suppressed and generates a feeble continuum spectrum of gamma rays. Loops of top quarks mediate annihilation into gamma Z, gamma h, and gamma Z', providing a forest of lines in the spectrum. Such models can be probed by the Fermi/GLAST satellite and ground-based Air Cherenkov telescopes.
Jackson C. B.
Servant Geraldine
Shaughnessy Gabe
Tait Tim M. P.
Taoso Marco
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