Non-Thermal Dark Matter from Cosmic Strings

Details Non-Thermal Dark Matter from Cosmic Strings Non-Thermal Dark Matter from Cosmic Strings

2008-05-08

arxiv.org/abs/0805.1060v2

Phys.Rev.D79:083532,2009

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

22 pages, 4 figures, added discussion about boosted decay products from loop cusps

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.79.083532

Cosmic strings can be created in the early universe during symmetry-breaking phase transitions, such as might arise if the gauge structure of the standard model is extended by additional U(1) factors at high energies. Cosmic strings present in the early universe form a network of long horizon-length segments, as well as a population of closed string loops. The closed loops are unstable against decay, and can be a source of non-thermal particle production. In this work we compute the density of WIMP dark matter formed by the decay of gauge theory cosmic string loops derived from a network of long strings in the scaling regime or under the influence of frictional forces. We find that for symmetry breaking scales larger than 10^10 GeV, this mechanism has the potential to account for the observed relic density of dark matter. For symmetry breaking scales lower than this, the density of dark matter created by loop decays from a scaling string network lies below the observed value. In particular, the cosmic strings originating from a U(1) gauge symmetry broken near the electroweak scale, that could lead to a massive Z' gauge boson observable at the LHC, produce a negligibly small dark matter relic density by this mechanism.

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