A Dynamical Explanation of the Dark Matter-Baryon Coincidence
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2023-10-13 v1
Abstract
The near equality of the dark matter and baryon energy densities is a remarkable coincidence, especially when one realizes that the baryon mass is exponentially sensitive to UV parameters in the form of dimensional transmutation. We explore a new dynamical mechanism, where in the presence of an arbitrary number density of baryons and dark matter, a scalar adjusts the masses of dark matter and baryons until the two energy densities are comparable. In this manner, the coincidence is explained regardless of the microscopic identity of dark matter and how it was produced. This new scalar causes a variety of experimental effects such as a new force and a (dark) matter density-dependent proton mass.
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@article{arxiv.2310.07777,
title = {A Dynamical Explanation of the Dark Matter-Baryon Coincidence},
author = {Dawid Brzeminski and Anson Hook},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.07777},
year = {2023}
}
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10 pages, 2 figures