Super Heavy Dark Matter in light of BICEP2, Planck and Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays Observations
Super Heavy Dark Matter in light of BICEP2, Planck and Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays Observations
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BICEP2、普朗克和超高能宇宙射线观测中的超重暗物质
DOI:
10.1088/1475-7516/2015/08/024
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
A. Olinto
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作者:
R. Aloisio;S. Matarrese;A. Olinto
The announcement by BICEP2 of the detection of B-mode polarization consistent with primordial gravitational waves with a tensor-to-scalar ratio, r=0.2+0.07−0.05, challenged predictions from most inflationary models of a lower value for r. More recent results by Planck on polarized dust emission show that the observed tensor modes signal is compatible with pure foreground emission. A more significant constraint on r was then obtained by a joint analysis of Planck, BICEP2 and Keck Array data showing an upper limit to the tensor to scalar ratio r≤ 0.12, excluding the case 0r= with low statistical significance. Forthcoming measurements by BICEP3, the Keck Array, and other CMB polarization experiments, open the possibility for making the fundamental measurement of r. Here we discuss how r sets the scale for models where the dark matter is created at the inflationary epoch, the generically called super-heavy dark matter models. We also consider the constraints on such scenarios given by recent data from ultrahigh energy cosmic ray observatories which set the limit on super-heavy dark matter particles lifetime. We discuss how super-heavy dark matter can be discovered by a precise measurement of r combined with future observations of ultra high energy cosmic rays.
影响因子:
3.5
作者:
Allison P
通讯作者:
Allison P
影响因子:
8.6
作者:
Ade, P. A. R.;Aikin, R. W.;Yoon, K. W.
通讯作者:
Yoon, K. W.