Astronomy:Strongly interacting massive particle

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Strongly interacting massive particles (SIMPs) are hypothetical particles that interact strongly between themselves and weakly with ordinary matter, but could form the inferred dark matter despite this.[1][2][3]

Strongly interacting massive particles have been proposed as a solution for the ultra-high-energy cosmic-ray problem[4][5] and the absence of cooling flows in galactic clusters.[6][7]

Various experiments and observations have set constraints on SIMP dark matter from 1990 onward.[8][9][10][11][12][13]

SIMP annihilations would produce significant heat. DAMA set limits with NaI(Tl) crystals.[11][citation needed]

Measurements of Uranus's heat excess exclude SIMPs from 150 MeV to 104 GeV.[14] Earth's heat flow significantly constrains any cross section.[15]

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References

  1. Wandelt, Benjamin D; Dave, Romeel; Farrar, Glennys R; McGuire, Patrick C; Spergel, David N; Steinhardt, Paul J (2000). "Self-Interacting Dark Matter". in Cline, David B. Sources and Detection of Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe. Springer-Verlag. pp. 263. ISBN 978-3-540-41216-8. Bibcode2001sddm.symp..263W. 
  2. Massey, Richard (2017). "Dark matter dynamics in Abell 3827: new data consistent with standard Cold Dark Matter". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 477 (1): 669–677. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty630. Bibcode2018MNRAS.477..669M. 
  3. Grossman, Lisa (April 5, 2018). "Dark matter isn't interacting with itself after all". ScienceNews. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dark-matter-isnt-interacting-itself-after-all. 
  4. Chung, Daniel J. H; Farrar, Glennys R; Kolb, Edward W (1998). "Are ultrahigh energy cosmic rays signals of supersymmetry?". Physical Review D 57 (8): 4606. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.57.4606. Bibcode1998PhRvD..57.4606C. 
  5. Albuquerque, Ivone F. M; Farrar, Glennys R; Kolb, Edward W (1998). "Exotic massive hadrons and ultra-high energy cosmic rays". Physical Review D 59 (1): 015021. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.59.015021. Bibcode1998PhRvD..59a5021A. 
  6. Qin, Bo; Wu, Xiang-Ping (2001). "Constraints on the Interaction between Dark Matter and Baryons from Cooling Flow Clusters". Physical Review Letters 87 (6): 061301. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.061301. PMID 11497819. Bibcode2001PhRvL..87f1301Q. 
  7. Chuzhoy, Leonid; Nusser, Adi (2006). "Consequences of short range interactions between dark matter and protons in galaxy clusters". The Astrophysical Journal 645 (2): 950–954. doi:10.1086/504505. Bibcode2006ApJ...645..950C. 
  8. Starkman, Glenn D; Gould, Andrew; Esmailzadeh, Rahim; Dimopoulos, Savas (1990). "Opening the window on strongly interacting dark matter". Physical Review D 41 (12): 3594–3603. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.41.3594. PMID 10012303. Bibcode1990PhRvD..41.3594S. https://cds.cern.ch/record/212913. 
  9. Cyburt, Richard H; Fields, Brian D (2002). "Constraining Strong Baryon-Dark Matter Interactions with Primordial Nucleosynthesis and Cosmic Rays". Physical Review D 65 (12): 123503. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.65.123503. Bibcode2002PhRvD..65l3503C. .
  10. Zaharijas, Gabrijela; Farrar, Glennys R (2004). "A Window in the Dark Matter Exclusion Limits". Physical Review D 72 (8): 083502. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.72.083502. Bibcode2005PhRvD..72h3502Z. 
  11. 11.0 11.1 Bacci, C. (1996). "Improved limits on strongly interacting massive particles with NaI(Tl) scintillators". Astroparticle Physics 4 (3): 195–198. doi:10.1016/0927-6505(95)00032-1. Bibcode1996APh.....4..195B. 
  12. McGuire, Patrick C; Steinhardt, Paul J (2001). "Cracking Open the Window for Strongly Interacting Massive Particles as the Halo Dark Matter". Proceedings of the International Cosmic Ray Conference. 4. Hamburg, Germany. 1566. Bibcode2001ICRC....4.1566M. 
  13. Javorsek II, D; Fischbach, E; Teplitz, V (2002). "New Experimental Bounds on the Contributions to the Cosmological Density Parameter Ω from Strongly Interacting Massive Particles". The Astrophysical Journal 568 (1): 1–8. doi:10.1086/338796. Bibcode2002ApJ...568....1J. 
  14. Mitra, Saibal (2004). "Uranus's anomalously low excess heat constrains strongly interacting dark matter". Physical Review D 70 (10): 103517. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.70.103517. Bibcode2004PhRvD..70j3517M. 
  15. Mack, Gregory D; Beacom, John F; Bertone, Gianfranco (2007). "Towards Closing the Window on Strongly Interacting Dark Matter: Far-Reaching Constraints from Earth's Heat Flow". Physical Review D 76 (4): 043523. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.043523. Bibcode2007PhRvD..76d3523M. 

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