The Higgs Portal and Cosmology

Abstract

Higgs portal interactions provide a simple mechanism for addressing two open problems in cosmology: dark matter and the baryon asymmetry. In the latter instance, Higgs portal interactions may contain the ingredients for a strong first order electroweak phase transition as well as new CP-violating interactions as needed for electroweak baryogenesis. These interactions may also allow for a viable dark matter candidate. We survey the opportunities for probing the Higgs portal as it relates to these questions in cosmology at the LHC and possible future colliders.

arXiv comment33 pages, 7 figures. Summarization of the landscape of possibilities surveyed at the "Unlocking the Higgs Portal" Workshop held at the Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions (ACFI) in May 2014

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