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Chaotic Dark Matter

Astrophysics 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

A very weakly coupled scalar field with mass mm and initial vacuum expectation value VV will provide enough mass to close the universe provided V(3×108\gev)(100\gev/m)1/4V\simeq (3\times 10^8\gev)(100\gev/m)^{1/4}. We discuss possible models in which such a field could arise.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9205005,
  title  = {Chaotic Dark Matter},
  author = {R. Rangarajan and M. Srednicki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9205005},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages