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Pierre Auger Observatory and Super Heavy Dark Matter
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Submitted 20 Dec 2022
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The authors' main claim We briefly discuss the connection of the Pierre Auger Observatory data with a large class of dark matter models based on the early universe generation of super heavy particles, their role in the solution of the dark matter problem, highlighting the remarkable constraining capabilities of the Auger observations.
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We briefly discuss the connection of the Pierre Auger Observatory data with a large class of dark matter models based on the early universe generation of super heavy particles, their role in the solution of the dark matter problem, highlighting the remarkable constraining capabilities of the Auger observations.
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We briefly discuss the connection of the Pierre Auger Observatory data with a large class of dark matter models based on the early universe generation of super heavy particles, their role in the solution of the dark matter problem, highlighting the remarkable constraining capabilities of the Auger observations.
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In particular, the leading facilities probing the DM particle lifetime indirectly through its final decay products, such as photons, neutrinos and cosmic rays, include the Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi-LAT) [ref] , the Pierre Auger Observatory (PAO) [ref] , the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory (HAWC) [ref] , the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) [ref] and IceCube [ref] .
Astrophysical constraints from synchrotron emission on very massive decaying dark matter · Introduction · 0.93
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In contrast to the bottom-up model, the top-down model leads to the production of UHECRs via exotic sources [ref] such as decay of heavy dark matter particles [ref] , topological defects, cosmic strings etc [ref] .
A relook at the GZK Neutrino-Photon Connection: Impact of Extra-galactic Radio Background & UHECR properties · Introduction · 0.97
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In the right panel of figure [ref], we plot the limits coming from Auger data on the age of the universe at the end of inflation $H_inf^-1$ for different values of the reheating efficiency $ϵ=(Γ_ϕ/H_inf)^1/2$, being $Γ_ϕ=g_ϕ^2 M_ϕ/8π$ the inflaton decaying amplitude into SHDM ($M_ϕ$ inflaton mass; $g_ϕ$ inflaton coupling with SHDM) [ref] .
Limits to gauge coupling in the dark sector set by the non-observation of instanton-induced decay of Super-Heavy Dark Matter in the Pierre Auger Observatory data · Super-heavy dark matter models and constrains · 0.89
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In the right panel of figure [ref], we plot the limits coming from Auger data on the age of the universe at the end of inflation $H_inf^-1$ for different values of the reheating efficiency $ϵ=(Γ_ϕ/H_inf)^1/2$, being $Γ_ϕ=g_ϕ^2 M_ϕ/8π$ the inflaton decaying amplitude into SHDM ($M_ϕ$ inflaton mass; $g_ϕ$ inflaton coupling with SHDM) [ref] .
Cosmological implications of photon-flux upper limits at ultra-high energies in scenarios of Planckian-interacting massive particles for dark matter · Super-heavy dark matter models and constrains · 0.89
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In the right panel of figure [ref] we plot the very stringent limits on the photon and neutrino fluxes as extracted from the Auger data (2022 update) in the energy range $10^8÷10^11$ GeV [ref] .
A search for photons with energies above $2{\times}10^{17}$ eV using hybrid data from the low-energy extensions of the Pierre Auger Observatory · Super-heavy dark matter models and constrains · 0.94
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The leading paradigm to explain DM observations is based on the Weakly Interactive Massive Particle (WIMP) hypotheses, a stable DM particle with mass in the range of $0.1÷10$ TeV [ref] .
Non-Baryonic Dark Matter - Observational Evidence and Detection Methods · Introduction · 0.97
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