A two Higgs doublet model for dark matter and neutrino masses

Author(s)

Camargo, Daniel A. ^[1] ; Campos, Miguel D. ^{[2, 3]} ; de Melo, Tessio B. ^{[4, 1]} ; Queiroz, Farinaldo S. ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte, Int Inst Phys, Campus Univ, BR-59078970 Natal, RN - Brazil

^[2] Kings Coll London, Dept Phys, London WC2R 2LS - England

^[3] Max Planck Inst Kernphys, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg - Germany

^[4] Univ Fed Paraiba, Dept Fis, Caixa Postal 5008, BR-58051970 Joao Pessoa, Paraiba - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Physics Letters B; v. 795, p. 319-326, AUG 10 2019.
• Web of Science Citations: 6

Abstract

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. (C) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 16/01343-7 - ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research: a regional center for theoretical physics
• Grantee: Nathan Jacob Berkovits
• Support Opportunities: Special Projects