Thermal relics in hidden sectors

• Published in: Journal of cosmology and astroparticle physics Vol. 2008; no. 10; p. 043
• Main Authors: Feng, Jonathan L, Tu, Huitzu, Yu, Hai-Bo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IOP Publishing 01.10.2008
• Subjects: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; BOLTZMANN EQUATION; FLAVOR MODEL; FREEZING OUT; GAUGE INVARIANCE; LIMITING VALUES; MASS; MEV RANGE; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; PARTICLES; RELICT RADIATION; STANDARD MODEL

Dark matter may be hidden, with no standard model gauge interactions. At the same time, in WIMPless models (WIMP: weakly interacting massive particles) with hidden matter masses proportional to hidden gauge couplings squared, the hidden dark matter's thermal relic density may naturally be in th...