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超紧小晕对宇宙弦的约束

Constraints on cosmic strings from ultracompact minihalos

Madeleine Anthonisen, Robert Brandenberger, Pat Scott

摘要:

宇宙弦被认为会形成环。这些可以作为暗物质吸积的种子,导致超紧凑迷你晕(UCMH)的形成。我们对暗物质在宇宙弦环上的吸积进行了详细的研究,并计算了由此产生的UCMH的质量分布。然后,我们将观测极限应用于当前UCMH的丰度,以推导出宇宙弦张力$Gμ$的相应极限。边界在很大程度上取决于假设的环速度分布及其对UCMH形成的影响。在假设一个环可以移动到它自己半径的1000倍,并且仍然形成UCMH的情况下,我们找到了$Gμ\le 5\times10^{-8}$的极限。与之前的结果相反,我们表明,当对环速度提出更严格(且现实)的要求时,无法从UCMH中获得对宇宙弦张力的强限制。

英文摘要:

Cosmic strings are expected to form loops. These can act as seeds for accretion of dark matter, leading to the formation of ultracompact minihalos (UCMHs). We perform a detailed study of the accretion of dark matter onto cosmic string loops and compute the resulting mass distribution of UCMHs. We then apply observational limits on the present-day abundance of UCMHs to derive corresponding limits on the cosmic string tension $Gμ$. The bounds are strongly dependent upon the assumed distribution of loop velocities and their impacts on UCMH formation. Under the assumption that a loop can move up to a thousand times its own radius and still form a UCMH, we find a limit of $Gμ\le 5\times10^{-8}$. We show, in opposition to previous results, that strong limits on the cosmic string tension are not obtainable from UCMHs when more stringent (and realistic) requirements are placed on loop velocities.

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