Alternative dark matter phenomenology in a general $U(1)_X$ extension of the Standard Model (2011.04537v2)

Abstract: The existence of the neutrino mass and flavor mixing have been experimentally verified. These phenomena strongly motivate to extend the Standard Model (SM). Amongst many possibilities, a simple and interesting extension of the SM can be investigated using a general U$(1)X$ extension of the SM gauge group. Demanding the cancellation of the gauge and mixed gauge gravity anomalies, three right handed neutrinos are introduced in this model where the U$(1)_X$ charge assignment becomes a linear combination of U$(1){\rm{B-L}}$ and U$(1)_Y$ hyper-charges. After the U$(1)_X$ breaking, an additional neutral gauge boson, $Z^\prime$ is evolved and the neutrino mass is generated by the seesaw mechanism. In such a model we investigate the properties of a Dark Matter (DM) candidate which is a massive weakly interacting particle and Dirac type in nature. The stability of the DM is protected by its U$(1)_X$ charge. Using the current bounds on the search results of $Z^\prime$ at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the dark matter relic abundance we find a phenomenologically viable parameter space of our scenario.