Experimental signatures of supersymmetric dark-matter Q-balls
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2011-05-05 v2 Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Theory
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract
Theories with low-energy supersymmetry predict the existence of stable non-topological solitons, Q-balls, that can contribute to dark matter. We discuss the experimental signatures, methods of detection, and the present limits on such dark matter candidates.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9712212,
title = {Experimental signatures of supersymmetric dark-matter Q-balls},
author = {Alexander Kusenko and Vadim Kuzmin and Mikhail Shaposhnikov and P. G. Tinyakov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9712212},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
final version, to appear in PRL (minor changes in wording and referencing); 8 pages, latex