The little skyrmion: new dark matter for little Higgs models

DOI10.1007/JHEP03(2011)048zbMATH Open1301.81342arXiv1012.5288OpenAlexW3101180194MaRDI QIDQ475984FDOQ475984

Authors: Marc Gillioz, A. von Manteuffel, Pedro Schwaller, Daniel Wyler 

Publication date: 27 November 2014

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study skyrmions in the littlest Higgs model and discuss their possible role as dark matter candidates. Stable massive skyrmions can exist in the littlest Higgs model also in absence of an exact parity symmetry, since they carry a conserved topological charge due to the non-trivial third homotopy group of the SU(5)/SO(5) coset. We find a spherically symmetric skyrmion solution in this coset. The effects of gauge fields on the skyrmion solutions are analyzed and found to lead to an upper bound on the skyrmion mass. The relic abundance is in agreement with the observed dark matter density for reasonable parameter choices.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.5288

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zbMATH Keywords

solitons monopoles and instantonstechnicolor and composite models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Soliton solutions (35C08) Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Homotopy theory and fundamental groups in algebraic geometry (14F35) Unified quantum theories (81V22) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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