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Accidentally Asymmetric Dark Matter

Authors :
Asadi, Pouya
Kramer, Eric David
Kuflik, Eric
Ridgway, Gregory W.
Slatyer, Tracy R.
Smirnov, Juri
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

We study the effect of a first-order phase transition in a confining $SU(N)$ dark sector with heavy dark quarks. The baryons of this sector are the dark matter candidate. During the confinement phase transition the heavy quarks are trapped inside isolated, contracting pockets of the deconfined phase, giving rise to a second stage of annihilation that dramatically suppresses the dark quark abundance. The surviving abundance is determined by the local accidental asymmetry in each pocket. The correct dark matter abundance is obtained for $\mathcal{O}(1-100)$ PeV dark quarks, above the usual unitarity bound.<br />Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, comments are welcomed

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2103.09822
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.211101