Predicted Higgs-related spin 1/2 particles as a new dark matter candidate

Abstract

The theory at arXiv:1101.0586 [hep-th] predicts new fundamental spin $1/2$ particles which can be produced in pairs through their couplings to vector bosons or fermions. The lowest-energy of these should have a mass $m_{1/2}$ comparable to the mass $m_h$ of the recently discovered Higgs boson, with $m_{1/2}=m_h$ in the simplest model. These particles should therefore be detectable in collider experiments, perhaps in Run 2 or 3 of the LHC. They cannot decay through any obvious mechanisms in standard physics, making them a new dark matter candidate. In the simplest model, annihilations would produce a well-defined signature with photons, positrons, and excess electrons at about 125 GeV, and the mass would also be well-defined for direct dark matter detection.

Comments: 4 pages. Presentation at the DPF 2015 Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Particles and Fields, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 4-8, 2015