Scalar gauge dynamics and Dark Matter
arXiv:1911.04502 · doi:10.1007/JHEP01(2020)130
Abstract
We consider theories with one gauge group (SU, SO or Sp) and one scalar in a two-index representation. The renormalizable action often has accidental symmetries (such as global U(1) or unusual group parities) that lead to one or more stable states, providing Dark Matter candidates. We discuss the confined phase(s) of each theory and compute the two Higgs phases, finding no generic dualities among them. Discrete gauge symmetries can arise and accidental symmetries can be broken, possibly giving pseudo-Goldstone Dark Matter. Dark Matter candidates can have a complicated sub-structure characteristic of each group and can be accompanied by extra dark radiation.
arXiv comment51 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables; published version, expanded taking into account the existence of extra stable states: C-odd SU(N) models glueballs
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