Flipped dark matter

John Ellis; John S. Hagelin; Stephen Kelley; D. V. Nanopoulos; Keith A. Olive

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(88)90947-1

Flipped dark matter

John Ellis, John S. Hagelin, Stephen Kelley, D. V. Nanopoulos, Keith A. Olive

Physics and Astronomy (Twin Cities)

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We study candidates for dark matter in a minimal flipped SU(5)×U(1) supersymmetric GUT. Since the model has no R-parity, spin- 1 2 supersymmetric partners of conventional particles mix with other neutral fermions including neutrinos, and can decay into them. The lightest particle which is predominantly a gaugino/higgsino mixture decays with a lifetime τ_χ∼1-10⁹ s. The model contains a scalar "flaton" field whose coherent oscillations decay before cosmological nucleosynthesis, and whose pseudoscalar partner contributes negligibly to Ω if it is light enough to survive to the present epoch. The fermionic "flatino" partner of the flaton has a lifetime τ_Φ∼10²⁸-10³⁴ yr and is a viable candidate for metastable dark matter with Ω≲1.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	283-288
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	209
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(88)90947-1
State	Published - Aug 4 1988

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