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arxiv: 1211.4472 · v2 · pith:Y2WQ34OWnew · submitted 2012-11-19 · ✦ hep-ph · astro-ph.CO· hep-th

Baryon-to-Dark Matter Ratio from Random Angular Fields

classification ✦ hep-ph astro-ph.COhep-th
keywords thetamatterbaryon-to-darkratiodensityfunctionalphaangular
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We consider the baryon-to-dark matter ratio in models where the dark matter and baryon densities depend on angular fields \theta_{d} and \theta_{b} according to \rho_{d} ~ \theta_{d}^{\alpha} and \rho_{b} ~ \theta_{b}^{\beta}, with all values of \theta_{d} and \theta_{b} being equally probable in a given randomly-selected domain. Under the assumption that anthropic selection depends primarily on the baryon density in galaxies at spherical collapse, we show that the probability density function for the baryon-to-dark matter ratio r = \Omega_{B}/\Omega_{DM} is purely statistical in nature and is independent of anthropic selection. We compute the probability density function for r as a function of \alpha and \beta and show that the observed value of the baryon-to-dark matter ratio, r \approx 1/5, is natural in this framework.

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