Tuesday, January 17, 2012

1201.3124 (John McDonald)

Generation of WIMP Miracle-like Densities of Baryons and Dark Matter    [PDF]

John McDonald
The observed density of dark matter is of the magnitude expected for a thermal relic weakly-interacting massive particle (WIMP). In addition, the observed baryon density is within an order of magnitude of the dark matter density. This suggests that the baryon density is physically related to a typical thermal relic WIMP dark matter density. We present a model which simultaneously generates thermal relic WIMP-like densities for both baryons and dark matter by modifying a large initial baryon asymmetry. Production of unstable scalars carrying baryon number at the LHC would be a clear signature of the model.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.3124

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