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Dark Matter as dark dwarfs and other macroscopic objects: multiverse relics?

First order phase transitions can leave relic pockets of false vacua and their particles, that manifest as macroscopic Dark Matter. We compute one predictive model: a gauge theory with a dark quark relic heavier than the confinement scale. During the first order phase transition to confinement, dark...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gross, Christian, Landini, Giacomo, Strumia, Alessandro, Teresi, Daniele
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2021)033
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2766348
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Sumario:First order phase transitions can leave relic pockets of false vacua and their particles, that manifest as macroscopic Dark Matter. We compute one predictive model: a gauge theory with a dark quark relic heavier than the confinement scale. During the first order phase transition to confinement, dark quarks remain in the false vacuum and get compressed, forming Fermi balls that can undergo gravitational collapse to stable dark dwarfs (bound states analogous to white dwarfs) near the Chandrasekhar limit, or primordial black holes.