Self-interacting dark matter and the Higgs boson

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2000

Authors

Bento, MC (Author) Other; Bertolami, O (Author) Other; Rosenfeld, R (Author) Other; Teodoro, L (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Vol. 62

Pages: 1-4

ISSN: 1550-7998

Publisher: American Physical Society

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Authenticus ID: P-000-Z8C

DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.62.041302

Abstract (EN): Self-interacting dark matter has been suggested in order to overcome the difficulties of the cold dark matter model on galactic scales. We argue that a scalar gauge singlet coupled to the Higgs boson, which could lead to an invisibly decaying Higgs boson, is an interesting candidate for this self-interacting dark matter particle. We also present estimates on the abundance of these particles today as well as the consequences to non-Newtonian forces.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4