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Dark Matter via Many Copies of the Standard Model

We propose a cosmological scenario based on the assumption that the Standard Model possesses a large number of copies. It is demonstrated that baryons in the hidden copies of the standard model can naturally account for the dark matter. The right abundance of the hidden-sector baryons and the correc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dvali, Gia, Sawicki, Ignacy, Vikman, Alexander
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: JCAP 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2009/08/009
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1165141
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Sumario:We propose a cosmological scenario based on the assumption that the Standard Model possesses a large number of copies. It is demonstrated that baryons in the hidden copies of the standard model can naturally account for the dark matter. The right abundance of the hidden-sector baryons and the correct spectrum of density perturbations are simultaneously generated during modulated reheating. We show that for the natural values of inflaton coupling constants, dictated by unitarity, the dark-matter abundance is predicted to be proportional to the ratio of observed cosmological parameters: the square of the amplitude of cosmological perturbations and the baryon-to-photon number ratio.