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Dark atoms and composite dark matter
by James M. Cline
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Submission summary
| Authors (as registered SciPost users): | James Cline |
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| Preprint Link: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.10314v4 (pdf) |
| Date accepted: | 2021-11-24 |
| Date submitted: | 2021-11-17 15:43 |
| Submitted by: | Cline, James |
| Submitted to: | SciPost Physics Lecture Notes |
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| Academic field: | Physics |
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| Approaches: | Theoretical, Phenomenological |
Abstract
I selectively review the theoretical properties and observational limits pertaining to dark atoms, as well as composite dark matter candidates bound by a confining gauge interaction: dark glueballs, glueballinos, mesons and baryons. Emphasis is given to cosmological, direct and indirect detection constraints.
Author comments upon resubmission
List of changes
Above eq. (3), clarified that dark recombination occurs below the binding energy, due to small abundance of baryons.
Added paragraph at end of section 2.1 to discuss reionization of dark atoms by shock heating during structure formation.
Below eq. (10), added caveats concerning recent progress in identifying missing satellites, and the role of baryonic feedback.
Added references here.
At end of section 2.4, added discussion about the possible size of symmetric component of dark matter, and updated fig. 5 to illustrate this point.
Restored missing partial derivative symbols above eq. (26).
Below eq. (28), qualified the statement about ionized remnants being swept out of the galaxy by supernovae shocks, and added references.
Added brief discussion and reference to twin Higgs mirror sector at end of section 2.7.1.
Fixed (left)->(right) in caption of Fig. 10
Below eq. (31), added mention of MW satellite counts and reference, for constraining warm DM.
Fixed power of M in Fig. 12 caption.
Added discussion and references below eq. (37).
Below eq. (40), added clarification of pion decay constant definition.
Added footnote 7 and reference to discuss instability of DM candidate in SO(6)/SO(5) composite Higgs model.
Below eq. (48), fixed incorrect subscript.
Eq. (59), added PandaX-4T limit
Added acknowledgments.
Corrected typos found by student reader.
Published as SciPost Phys. Lect. Notes 52 (2022)