Phenomenology of the Inert (2+1) and (4+2) Higgs Doublet Models

Abstract

We make a phenomenological study of a model with two inert doublets plus one Higgs doublet (I(2+1)HDM) which is symmetric under a Z${}_2$ group, preserved after Electro-Weak Symmetry Breaking (EWSB) by the vacuum alignment $(0,0,v)$. This model may be regarded as an extension to the model with one inert doublet plus one Higgs doublet (I(1+1)HDM), by the addition of an extra inert scalar doublet. The neutral fields from the two inert doublets provide a viable Dark Matter (DM) candidate which is stabilised by the conserved $Z_2$ symmetry. We study the new Higgs decay channels offered by the scalar fields from the extra doublets and their effect on the Standard Model (SM) Higgs couplings, including a new decay channel into photon(s) plus missing energy, which distinguishes the I(2+1)HDM from the I(1+1)HDM. Motivated by Supersymmetry, which requires an even number of doublets, we then extend this model into a model with four inert doublets plus two Higgs doublets (I(4+2)HDM) and study the phenomenology of the model with the vacuum alignment $(0,0,0,0,v,v)$. This scenario offers a wealth of Higgs signals, the most distinctive ones being cascade decays of heavy Higgs states into inert ones. Finally, we also remark that the smoking-gun signature of all the considered models is represented by invisible Higgs decays into the lightest inert Higgs bosons responsible for DM.

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