Superheavy dark matter and ultrahigh energy cosmic rays
arXiv:hep-ph/0508025 · doi:10.1139/P06-035
Abstract
The phase of inflationary expansion in the early universe produces superheavy relics in a mass window between 10^{12} GeV and 10^{14} GeV. Decay or annihilation of these superheavy relics can explain the observed ultrahigh energy cosmic rays beyond the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cutoff. We emphasize that the pattern of cosmic ray arrival directions with energies beyond 20 EeV will decide between the different proposals for the origin of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays.
Based on an invited talk given by RD at Theory Canada 1, Vancouver, June 2-5, 2005