We review scenarios in which the particles that account for the Dark Matter (DM) in the
Universe interact only through their couplings with the Higgs sector of the theory, the so …

In this review we discuss and compare the usage of simplified models and Effective Field
Theory (EFT) approaches in dark matter searches. We provide a state of the art description …

We introduce a set of minimal simplified models for dark matter interactions with the
Standard Model, connecting the two sectors via either a scalar or pseudoscalar particle …

The search for the a Standard Model Higgs boson at the LHC is reaching a critical stage as
the possible mass range for the particle has become extremely narrow and some signal at a …

A bstract We study the possible gravitational wave signal and the viability of baryogenesis
arising from the electroweak phase transition in an extension of the Standard Model (SM) by …

We update the phenomenology of gauge-singlet extensions of the Standard Model scalar
sector and their implications for the electroweak phase transition. Considering the …

In light of the recent discovery by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the Large Hadron
Collider (LHC) of a Higgs-like particle with a narrow mass range of 125–126 GeV, we …

Even if new physics beyond the standard model indeed exists, the energy scale of new
physics might be beyond the reach at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), and the LHC could …

The Higgs sector of the Standard Model offers a unique probe of the hidden sector. In this
work, we explore the possibility of renormalizable Higgs couplings to the hidden sector …

Hawking evaporation of primordial black holes (PBH) with masses ranging from∼ 10-1 to∼
10 9 g can generate the whole observed dark matter (DM) relic density. However, a second …