Dark Light, Dark Matter and the Misalignment Mechanism
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2012-10-17 v3 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract
We explore the possibility that the dark matter is a condensate of a very light vector boson. Such a condensate could be produced during inflation, provided the vector mass arises via the Steuckelberg mechanism. We derive bounds on the kinetic mixing of the dark matter boson with the photon, and point out several potential signatures of this model.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1105.2812,
title = {Dark Light, Dark Matter and the Misalignment Mechanism},
author = {Ann E. Nelson and Jakub Scholtz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.2812},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
16 pages, 2 figures. Changes: corrected typos, improved discussion of experimental bounds