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Dark Matter and Mirror World.
1Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Dark matter may exist in a parallel mirror universe. This model explains dark matter abundance and requires the mirror world to be colder than ours, setting an upper limit on the universe's inflation reheat temperature.
Area of Science:
- Cosmology
- Particle Physics
- Astrophysics
Background:
- Astronomical evidence suggests dark matter, yet laboratory searches yield no results.
- Speculation proposes dark matter resides in a parallel universe interacting gravitationally.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore a mirror world model for dark matter.
- To investigate the implications of mirror symmetry for cosmology.
- To explain the matter-dark matter coincidence problem.
Main Methods:
- Postulating a mirror world with identical forces and matter.
- Analyzing mirror model requirements for Big Bang nucleosynthesis.
- Deriving constraints from mirror world coldness and matter-dark matter coincidence.
Main Results:
- The mirror world model provides a candidate for dark matter.
- Consistency implies an upper bound of ~10^6.5 GeV on inflation reheat temperature.
- Mirror world likely consists of Helium, not Hydrogen, contrasting with the visible universe.
Conclusions:
- The mirror world hypothesis offers a potential solution to the dark matter puzzle.
- The model connects dark matter properties to early universe conditions.
- Further research into mirror matter interactions and cosmological implications is warranted.

