Glueball dark matter, precisely
arXiv:2306.09510 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.108.123027
Abstract
We delve deeper into the potential composition of dark matter as stable scalar glueballs from a confining dark gauge theory, focusing on . To predict the relic abundance of glueballs for the various gauge groups and scenarios of thermalization of the dark gluon gas, we employ a thermal effective theory that accounts for the strong-coupling dynamics in agreement with lattice simulations. We compare our methodology with previous works and discuss the possible sources of discrepancy. The results are encouraging and show that glueballs can account for the totality of dark matter in many unconstrained scenarios with a phase transition scale MeV GeV, thus opening the possibility of exciting future studies.
arXiv comment12 pages, 6 figures; update and generalization of arXiv:2207.13716. v2: 12 pages, 6 figures; minor changes to match the published version
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