Trans-planckian wimpzillas

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作者
Kolb, Edward W. [1 ]
Starobinsky, A. A.
Tkachev, I. I.
机构
[1] Univ Chicago, Enrico Fermi Inst, Dept Astron & Astrophys, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
[2] Univ Chicago, Kavli Inst Cosmol Phys, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
[3] Landau Inst Theoret Phys, Moscow 119334, Russia
[4] CERN, Div Theory, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
来源
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS | 2007年 / 07期
关键词
trans-Planckian physics; dark matter; inflation;
D O I
10.1088/1475-7516/2007/07/005
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Two previously proposed conjectures-gravitational trans-Planckian particle creation in the expanding universe, and the existence of ultraheavy stable particles with masses up to the Planck scale (wimpzillas)-are combined in a proposal for trans-Planckian particle creation of wimpzillas. This new scenario leads to a huge enhancement in their production compared to mechanisms put forward earlier. As a result, it requires the trans-Planckian particle creation parameter to be rather small to avoid overproduction of such particles, much less than that required for observable effects in the primordial perturbation spectrum. This ensures also that wimpzillas are mainly created at the end of primordial in. flation. Conditions under which trans-Planckian wimpzillas can constitute the present dark matter are determined.
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