Non-Abelian monopoles as the origin of dark matter

We suggest that dark matter may be partially constituted by a dilute 't Hooft-Polyakov monopoles gas. We reach this conclusion by using the Georgi-Glashow model coupled to a dual kinetic mixing term F G where F is the electromagnetic field and the 't Hooft tensor. We show that these monopo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Falomir, Horacio Alberto, Gamboa, J., Méndez, F.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/71472
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/71472
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Dark Matter
Monopoles
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Sumario:We suggest that dark matter may be partially constituted by a dilute 't Hooft-Polyakov monopoles gas. We reach this conclusion by using the Georgi-Glashow model coupled to a dual kinetic mixing term F G where F is the electromagnetic field and the 't Hooft tensor. We show that these monopoles carry both (Maxwell) electric and (Georgi-Glashow) magnetic charges and the electric charge quantization condition is modified in terms of a dimensionless real parameter. This parameter could be determined from milli-charged particle experiments.