A light scalar wimp, the Higgs portal, and DAMA

Abstract

In these proceedings, we report on the possible signatures of a light scalar WIMP, a dark matter candidate with M_DM ~ few GeV, which is supposed to interact with the Standard Model particles through the Higgs, and which might be related to the annual modulation observed by DAMA.

Comments: Talk presented at the Seventh International Heidelberg Conference on Dark Matter in Astro and Particle Physics (DARK 2009), Christchurch, New Zealand, 18-24 Jan 2009