Q-balls as Macroscopic Dark Matter

ORAL

Abstract

Existing constraints on dark matter allow for macroscopic sized objects, but definite models are rare. The non-topological solitons of certain scalar field theories, called Q-balls, provide a way to produce even Planck mass objects while retaining theoretical predicitivty. I present Q-balls as a simple model for macroscopic dark matter and the novel types of signals that can be used to discover it in experiments.

*Work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant number PHY-2210067.

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Presenters

  • Christopher Verhaaren

    • Brigham Young University

Authors

  • Christopher Verhaaren

    • Brigham Young University

  • Julian Heeck

    • University of Virginia

  • Arvind Rajaraman

    • University of California, Irvine

  • Ryan Plestid

    • California Institute of Technology