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LEP’S COSMOLOGICAL LEGACY<br />

Gauge Hierarchy requires<br />

Higgs new<br />

particle<br />

Higgs<br />

Precision EW excludes<br />

SM<br />

SM<br />

SM SM<br />

• Simple solution: impose a discrete parity, so all interactions<br />

require pairs of new particles. This also makes the lightest<br />

new particle stable:<br />

LEP constraints ↔ Discrete Symmetry ↔ Stability<br />

Cheng, Low (2003); Wudka (2003)<br />

• The result: dark matter is easier to explain than no dark<br />

matter, and the WIMP paradigm is more natural than ever<br />

be<strong>for</strong>e, leading to a proliferation of candidates<br />

23 Mar 11 <strong>Feng</strong> 11<br />

new<br />

particle

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