Title of article :
Stable superstring relics and ultrahigh energy cosmic rays Original Research Article
Author/Authors :
Claudio Corian?، نويسنده , , Alon E. Faraggi، نويسنده , , Michael Plümacher، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2001
Pages :
21
From page :
233
To page :
253
Abstract :
One of the most intriguing experimental results of recent years is the observation of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) above the GZK cutoff. Plausible candidates for the UHECR primaries are the decay products of a meta-stable matter state with mass of order O(1012–15 GeV), which simultaneously is a good cold dark matter candidate. We study possible meta-stable matter states that arise from Wilson line breaking of GUT symmetries in semi-realistic heterotic string models. In the models that we study the exotic matter states can be classified according to patterns of SO(10) symmetry breaking. We show that cryptons, which are states that carry fractional electric charge ±1/2, and are confined by a hidden gauge group cannot produce viable dark matter. This is due to the fact that, in addition to the lightest neutral bound state, cryptons give rise to meta-stable charged bound states. However, these states may still account for the UHECR events. We argue that the uniton, which is an exotic Standard Model quark but carries “fractional” U(1)Z′ charge, as well as the singleton, which is a Standard Model singlet with “fractional” U(1)Z′ charge, do provide viable dark matter candidates and can at the same time explain the observed UHECR events.
Journal title :
Nuclear Physics B
Serial Year :
2001
Journal title :
Nuclear Physics B
Record number :
883406
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