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Ultraheavy Atomic Dark Matter Freeze-Out through Rearrangement

Published 21 Dec 2023 in hep-ph | (2312.13758v2)

Abstract: Atomic dark matter is usually considered to be produced asymmetrically in the early Universe. In this work, we first propose that the symmetric atomic dark matter can be thermally produced through the freeze-out mechanism. The dominant atom anti-atom annihilation channel is the atomic rearrangement. It has a geometrical cross section much larger than that of elementary fermions. After the atomic formation, this annihilation process further depletes dark matter particles and finally freezes out. To give the observed dark matter relic, the dark atoms are naturally ultraheavy, ranging from $106$ to $10{10} \,\mathrm{GeV}$.

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