Spectator dark matter
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Author(s)
Markkanen, Tommi
Rajantie, Arttu
Tenkanen, Tommi
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The observed dark matter abundance in the Universe can be fully accounted for by a minimally coupled spectator scalar field that was light during inflation and has sufficiently strong self-coupling. In this scenario, dark matter was produced during inflation by amplification of quantum fluctuations of the spectator field. The self-interaction of the field suppresses its fluctuations on large scales and, therefore, avoids isocurvature constraints. The scenario does not require any fine-tuning of parameters. In the simplest case of a single real scalar field, the mass of the dark matter particle is in the range
1
GeV
≲
m
≲
10
8
GeV
, depending on the scale of inflation, and the lower bound for the quartic self-coupling is
λ
≳
0.45
.
1
GeV
≲
m
≲
10
8
GeV
, depending on the scale of inflation, and the lower bound for the quartic self-coupling is
λ
≳
0.45
.
Date Issued
2018-12-28
Date Acceptance
2018-12-01
Citation
Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 2018, 98 (12), pp.1-9
ISSN
1550-2368
Publisher
American Physical Society
Start Page
1
End Page
9
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume
98
Issue
12
Copyright Statement
© 2018 American Physical Society
Sponsor
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Identifier
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Grant Number
ST/P000762/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
INTERACTION CROSS-SECTION
COSMOLOGICAL SIMULATIONS
SCALAR FIELD
CONSTRAINTS
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 123532
Date Publish Online
2018-12-28