Scalar assisted singlet doublet fermion dark matter model and electroweak vacuum stability

Abstract

We extend the so-called singlet doublet dark matter model, where the dark matter is an admixture of a Standard Model singlet and a pair of electroweak doublet fermions, by a singlet scalar field. The new portal coupling of it with the dark sector not only contributes to the dark matter phenomenology (involving relic density and direct detection limits) but also becomes important for generation of dark matter mass through its vacuum expectation value. While the presence of dark sector fermions affects the stability of the electroweak vacuum adversely, we find this additional singlet is capable of making the electroweak vacuum absolutely stable up to the Planck scale. A combined study of dark matter phenomenology and the Higgs vacuum stability issue reflects that the scalar sector mixing angle can be significantly constrained in this scenario.