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Two-Component Dark Matter in the Type-I 2HDM

Patricio Escalona·Jacinto P. Neto·M. J. Neves·Camila Ramos·David Suarez
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We investigate a two-component dark matter scenario in the type-I two-Higgs-doublet model. The dark sector contains a real scalar $s$ and a Dirac fermion $\chi$, whose stability is ensured by a $Z_4$ symmetry together with kinematic conditions. The scalar interacts with the visible sector through Higgs-portal couplings, while the fermion interacts with the scalar via Yukawa interactions. In this framework, we analyze the thermal freeze-out production of both candidates, accounting for annihilation, conversion, and semi-annihilation processes. A comprehensive scan over the multidimensional parameter space is performed in terms of physical masses, mixing angles, and portal couplings, imposing theoretical requirements such as perturbativity and vacuum stability. We confront the model with current experimental constraints, including the observed relic abundance, invisible Higgs decays, direct detection limits on spin-independent scattering cross sections, and electroweak precision observables. We find that viable regions of parameter space can satisfy all dark matter constraints, but collider bounds strongly constrain the scalar sector, narrowing the allowed regions and creating tension with those favored by dark matter phenomenology, particularly in the sub-TeV mass regime.

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Patricio Escalona, Jacinto P. Neto, M. J. Neves, Camila Ramos, David Suarez. 2026-03-18. Two-Component Dark Matter in the Type-I 2HDM. https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18158

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