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Non-Abelian Monopoles as the Origin of Dark Matter

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-08-24 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We suggest that dark matter may be partially constituted by a dilute 't Hooft-Polyakov monopoles gas. We reach this conclusion by using the Georgi-Glashow model coupled to a dual kinetic mixing term FG~ F{\tilde {\cal G}} where FF is the electromagnetic field and G{\cal G} the 't Hooft tensor. We show that these monopoles carry both (Maxwell) electric and (Georgi-Glashow) magnetic charges and the electric charge quantization condition is modified in terms of a dimensionless real parameter. This parameter could be determined from milli-charged particle experiments.

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@article{arxiv.1603.00433,
  title  = {Non-Abelian Monopoles as the Origin of Dark Matter},
  author = {H. Falomir and J. Gamboa and F. Mendez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.00433},
  year   = {2016}
}

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5 pp, no figures