Abstract
We consider the standard model extended by a hidden sector U(1)X symmetry that is spontaneously broken at the TeV scale by the vacuum expectation value of an additional scalar field. We study "dark string" solutions in this model and their properties due to the Higgs portal and gauge kinetic mixing operators. We find that dark strings effectively interact with Higgs and Z bosons by linear couplings, and with leptons and baryons via Aharonov-Bohm couplings, thus possibly leading to new cosmological constraints on dark matter models with spontaneously broken extra U(1) symmetry factors.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Article number | 065031 |
| Journal | Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 21 2014 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
Fingerprint
Dive into the research topics of 'Dark strings and their couplings to the standard model'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.Cite this
- APA
- Standard
- Harvard
- Vancouver
- Author
- BIBTEX
- RIS