Q-ball candidates for self-interacting dark matter

Alexander Kusenko; Paul J. Steinhardt

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.141301

Q-ball candidates for self-interacting dark matter

Alexander Kusenko, Paul J. Steinhardt

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Abstract

Nontopological solitons known as Q-balls are proposed as candidates for collisional dark matter. The self-interactions of these Q-balls are characterized by a large cross section due to their extended geometry. It is conceivable that Q-balls have significant interactions with ordinary matter, either strong interactions or interactions mediated by a heavy Z' boson.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	141301
Pages (from-to)	141301/1-141301/4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	87
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.141301
State	Published - Oct 1 2001

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