Production of dark matter in association with a Higgs boson via exclusive photon fusion in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV
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| author | Arroyo-Ureña, M. A. Hernández-Arellano, H. Pedraza, I. Rosado-Navarro, S. Valencia-Pérez, T. A. |
| author_facet | Arroyo-Ureña, M. A. Hernández-Arellano, H. Pedraza, I. Rosado-Navarro, S. Valencia-Pérez, T. A. |
| contents | In this work we study the production of a dark matter (DM) particle in association with a Higgs boson via a central exclusive photon-fusion initiated process. We explore this type of production through the Inert Doublet Model plus a complex Singlet (IDMS), where an extension of the Standard Model by an additional $U(1)_X$ gauge symmetry and a $SU(2)$ inert scalar doublet gives rise to a DM candidate $χ$. This particular process involves the collision of two protons exchanging two colorless particles (in our case, photons), from which a central process occurs. Such interaction can be detected in the LHC using forward proton detectors, where the resulting missing mass spectrum can be observed after proton reconstruction, thus allowing a search for physics Beyond the Standard Model (BSM). We present results for different values of the difference of masses of a heavy scalar coming from the complex singlet, the DM candidate and the Higgs boson, $Δ= M_S - M_χ- M_h$, which is the phase space available for the final state in the central exclusive process. |
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| spellingShingle | Production of dark matter in association with a Higgs boson via exclusive photon fusion in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV Arroyo-Ureña, M. A. Hernández-Arellano, H. Pedraza, I. Rosado-Navarro, S. Valencia-Pérez, T. A. High Energy Physics - Phenomenology In this work we study the production of a dark matter (DM) particle in association with a Higgs boson via a central exclusive photon-fusion initiated process. We explore this type of production through the Inert Doublet Model plus a complex Singlet (IDMS), where an extension of the Standard Model by an additional $U(1)_X$ gauge symmetry and a $SU(2)$ inert scalar doublet gives rise to a DM candidate $χ$. This particular process involves the collision of two protons exchanging two colorless particles (in our case, photons), from which a central process occurs. Such interaction can be detected in the LHC using forward proton detectors, where the resulting missing mass spectrum can be observed after proton reconstruction, thus allowing a search for physics Beyond the Standard Model (BSM). We present results for different values of the difference of masses of a heavy scalar coming from the complex singlet, the DM candidate and the Higgs boson, $Δ= M_S - M_χ- M_h$, which is the phase space available for the final state in the central exclusive process. |
| title | Production of dark matter in association with a Higgs boson via exclusive photon fusion in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.20116 |