Brane-world dark matter

We show that, in the context of brane-world scenarios with low tension [tau]=f^4, massive brane fluctuations (branons) are natural dark matter candidates. We calculate the present abundances for both hot (warm) and cold branons in terms of the branon mass M and the tension scale f. The results are c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Ruiz Cembranos, José Alberto, Dobado González, Antonio, López Maroto, Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/50741
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50741
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:53
Goldstone Bosons
Search
Constraints
Hierarchy
Cosmology
Física (Física)
22 Física
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Sumario:We show that, in the context of brane-world scenarios with low tension [tau]=f^4, massive brane fluctuations (branons) are natural dark matter candidates. We calculate the present abundances for both hot (warm) and cold branons in terms of the branon mass M and the tension scale f. The results are compared with the current experimental bounds on these parameters. We also study the prospects for their detection in direct search experiments and comment on their characteristic signals in the indirect ones.