1202.1405 (Nobuchika Okada et al.)

Dark matter in the classically conformal B-L model    [PDF]

Nobuchika Okada, Yuta Orikasa

When the classically conformal invariance is imposed on the minimal gauged
B-L extended Standard Model (SM), the B-L gauge symmetry is broken by the
Coleman-Weinberg mechanism naturally at the TeV scale. Introducing a new Z_2
parity in the model, we investigate phenomenology of a right-handed neutrino
dark matter whose stability is ensured by the parity. We find that the relic
abundance of the dark matter particle can be consistent with the observations
through annihilation processes enhanced by resonances of either the SM Higgs
boson, the B-L Higgs boson or the B-L gauge boson (Z' boson). Therefore, the
dark matter mass is close to half of one of these boson masses. Due to the
classically conformal invariance and the B-L gauge symmetry breaking via the
Coleman-Weinberg mechanism, Higgs boson masses, Z' boson mass and the dark
matter mass are all related, and we identify the mass region to be consistent
with experimental results. We also calculate the spin-independent cross section
of the dark matter particle off with nucleon and discuss implications for
future direct dark matter search experiments.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.1405