Final PhD Seminar

The 2HDM+a/s: simplified models for dark matter detection and the 95 GeV anomaly

Mr Navneet Krishnan
Australian National University

While accurate, the Standard Model remain incomplete, unable to explain phenomena such as dark matter. I investigate two extensions of the Standard Model: the two Higgs doublet model (2HDM) with an additional scalar (s) or pseudo-scalar (a) singlet. Assuming the Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) model of dark matter, these models offer a potential interaction portal between Standard Model and dark sector particles. 

The 2HDM+a/s also have the capability to explain the 95 GeV anomaly: the CMS and ATLAS groups have reported excesses in the production of tau lepton and photon pairs at the LHC, and an older result from the LEP reports a similar excess in the production of b-quark pairs. These anomalies have all occurred at a similar mass of ~95 GeV, and I investigate the possibility of all three anomalies being caused by a single BSM particle in the 2HDM+a/s. Along with fits to the anomalies and investigation of the dark matter phenomenology of the models, I apply constraints from flavour physics, precision electroweak tests, and collider physics to determine if the 2HDM+a/s remain as viable extensions of the Standard Model.

Date & time

Fri 28 Mar 2025, 2–3pm

Location

Building:

160

Room:

4.03

Audience

Members of RSPE welcome

Contact

(02)61252943