PIRSA:09060005

Energy transfer in warped string compactifications and warped Kaluza-Klein modes as a dark matter candidate

Von Harling, B. (2009). Energy transfer in warped string compactifications and warped Kaluza-Klein modes as a dark matter candidate. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/09060005

Von Harling, Benedict. Energy transfer in warped string compactifications and warped Kaluza-Klein modes as a dark matter candidate. Perimeter Institute, Jun. 16, 2009, https://pirsa.org/09060005 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:09060005,
            doi = {10.48660/09060005},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/09060005},
            author = {Von Harling, Benedict},
            keywords = {Particle Physics},
            language = {en},
            title = {Energy transfer in warped string compactifications and warped Kaluza-Klein modes as a dark matter candidate},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2009},
            month = {jun},
            note = {PIRSA:09060005 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Benedict Von Harling

DOI 10.48660/09060005
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

Strongly warped regions, or throats, are a common feature of string theory compactifications. In the early, hot universe, energy will be transferred between these throats and between throats and the standard model. Using the gauge-gravity duality, we calculate the rate of this energy transfer. Due to the warping, the resulting decay rate of throat-localized Kaluza-Klein states to other throats or the standard model is strongly suppressed. If their lifetime is longer than the current age of the universe, these states are an interesting dark matter candidate. We discuss a scenario along these lines.