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Dark Matter Bound States: A Window into the Early Universe
by Juri Smirnov
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Submission summary
| Authors (as registered SciPost users): | Juri Smirnov |
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| Preprint Link: | scipost_202210_00012v1 (pdf) |
| Date accepted: | 2023-04-24 |
| Date submitted: | 2022-10-03 11:50 |
| Submitted by: | Smirnov, Juri |
| Submitted to: | SciPost Physics Proceedings |
| Proceedings issue: | 14th International Conference on Identification of Dark Matter (IDM2022) |
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| Academic field: | Physics |
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| Approaches: | Theoretical, Phenomenological |
Abstract
Despite significant experimental sensitivity to point-like, weakly interacting particles at the electroweak mass scale, dark matter has not been found yet. This could hint at a more complex dark sector with multiple states or composite dark particles, much like the complexity of the standard model. Currently, our experimental sensitivity to such scenarios is limited by a lack of theoretical understanding. The investigation of Dark Matter systems with unstable or stable bound states provides a playground that leads to the development of important tools needed for the understanding of dark sectors with complex phenomena and allows to experimentally test well-motivated DM scenarios.
Published as SciPost Phys. Proc. 12, 003 (2023)
Reports on this Submission
Report #1 by Anonymous (Referee 1) on 2022-10-22 (Invited Report)
- Cite as: Anonymous, Report on arXiv:scipost_202210_00012v1, delivered 2022-10-22, doi: 10.21468/SciPost.Report.5956
Strengths
1. The manuscript discusses the latest ivestigations on dark matter bound states, such as new experimental signatures and formation mechanisms. This topic has become more popular as conventional dark matter candidates have not been found.
2. The discussion is pedagogical and concise, covering both unstable bound states and stable ones from dark sector physics.
Weaknesses
A typo just above sec. 3.2: "dilution of the DM sates [30]".
Report
This submission meets the criteria of SciPost Physics Proceedings, and should be accepted for publication.
Author: Juri Smirnov on 2022-10-26 [id 2952]
(in reply to Report 1 on 2022-10-22)I would like to thank the referee for the positive feedback, and spotting the typo.
The typo has been fixed in the current version, that I attach.
Thanks and all the best,
Juri
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