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Supersymmetric Q-balls as dark matter

Supersymmetric extensions of the standard model generically contain stable non-topological solitons, Q-balls, which carry baryon or lepton number. We show that large Q-balls can be copiously produced in the early universe, can survive until the present time, and can contribute to dark matter.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kusenko, A, Shaposhnikov, Mikhail E
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 1997
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(97)01375-0
http://cds.cern.ch/record/334994
Descripción
Sumario:Supersymmetric extensions of the standard model generically contain stable non-topological solitons, Q-balls, which carry baryon or lepton number. We show that large Q-balls can be copiously produced in the early universe, can survive until the present time, and can contribute to dark matter.