Axi-Higgs portal Dark Matter via Wess-Zumino mechanism
arXiv:2405.04680 · doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2025/01/105
Abstract
We study the axion portal between the visible and the dark sector, where the dark matter is charged under an abelian extension of the Standard Model. In general, such models are anomalous and are rendered gauge invariant by a St{ü}ckelberg axion through Wess-Zumino/Green-Schwarz mechanism. Scenarios such as this naturally exist in TeV scale string theory completions of Standard Model. This axion mixes with other Goldstone bosons in the model to give a physical axi-Higgs which becomes massive upon breaking the anomalous gauge group. Such axi-Higgs fields charged under the anomalous symmetry act as mediators for the dark matter annihilation to Standard Model particles and can lead to an efficient freeze-out mechanism. Here, we show that the St{ü}ckelberg axion, and the resultant axi-Higgs, with its appropriate shift symmetry cancels the quantum anomalies and also generates the observed relic density for the dark matter. Moreover, we show that the relevant parameter space in our model, where photon production dominates, is safe from {\it Fermi}LAT, Cherenkov Telescope Array, and H.E.S.S. indirect detection experiments.
arXiv comment18 pages, 7 figures
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