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arxiv: 1603.00433 · v1 · pith:GZP7T23Xnew · submitted 2016-03-01 · ✦ hep-th · hep-ph

Non-Abelian Monopoles as the Origin of Dark Matter

classification ✦ hep-th hep-ph
keywords monopolesdarkelectricgeorgi-glashowmatterparametercarrycharge
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We suggest that dark matter may be partially constituted by a dilute 't Hooft-Polyakov monopoles gas. We reach this conclusion by using the Georgi-Glashow model coupled to a dual kinetic mixing term $ F{\tilde {\cal G}}$ where $F$ is the electromagnetic field and ${\cal G}$ the 't Hooft tensor. We show that these monopoles carry both (Maxwell) electric and (Georgi-Glashow) magnetic charges and the electric charge quantization condition is modified in terms of a dimensionless real parameter. This parameter could be determined from milli-charged particle experiments.

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