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Superweakly interacting massive particles.

Jonathan L Feng1, Arvind Rajaraman, Fumihiro Takayama

  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA.

Physical Review Letters
|August 9, 2003
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We introduce superweakly interacting massive particles (super-WIMPs), a new dark matter candidate. These particles fit theoretical models but evade current detection methods, satisfying cosmological constraints.

Area of Science:

  • * Particle Physics
  • * Cosmology
  • * Astrophysics

Background:

  • * Conventional WIMPs are a leading dark matter candidate, predicted by particle theories.
  • * Super-WIMPs are proposed as an alternative, also arising naturally in well-motivated theories.
  • * Super-WIMPs possess the correct relic density, consistent with cosmological observations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • * To investigate a novel class of dark matter: superweakly interacting massive particles (super-WIMPs).
  • * To explore the detectability and cosmological viability of super-WIMPs.
  • * To examine specific particle physics models that could host super-WIMP dark matter.

Main Methods:

  • * Theoretical investigation of super-WIMP properties within particle physics models.

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  • * Analysis of super-WIMP interactions concerning current dark matter detection strategies.
  • * Assessment of super-WIMP cosmological implications using Big Bang nucleosynthesis and CMB data.

    • Main Results:

    • * Super-WIMPs are theoretically motivated and possess the correct relic density.
    • * Super-WIMPs are fundamentally undetectable by conventional dark matter search experiments.
    • * Gravitino and graviton dark matter in specific models exemplify super-WIMPs.

    Conclusions:

    • * Super-WIMP dark matter is a viable candidate that aligns with cosmological observations.
    • * The unique properties of super-WIMPs necessitate the development of new detection paradigms.
    • * Existing constraints from Big Bang nucleosynthesis and the cosmic microwave background are satisfied.