Skyrmion-dark matter from a nonperturbative aspect hidden in the standard model

  • Event Date: 2017-05-04
  • Particle/String/Cosmology
  • Speaker: Dr. Shinya Matsuzaki (Nagoya U.)  /  Host: Prof. Pai-hsien Jennifer Hsu (NTHU)
    Place: R521, 5F, 2nd General Building, Nat'l Tsing Hua Univ.


 I will discuss a new dark matter candidate, acting as a topological soliton/skyrmion, which could be hidden in a nonperturbative aspect of the standard model with the approximate scale invariance. The stability of the dark matter is ensured by the topological charge, and a dynamically generated composite vector boson (``standard-model rho meson") emergent in a nonperturbative dynamics of the standard model. Such dynamical generation of the ``standard -model rho" and "skyrmion" can be related to the Landau pole physics in the standard model. The standard-model skyrmion-dark matter coupling to the standard model particles arise through the Higgs portal in the scale-invariant form. The current limits on the skyrmion-dark matter property are set from direct and indirect search bounds. The right amount of the cold-dark matter relic-abundance can be achieved by the dark matter annihilation which can be interpreted like a classical geometrical collision. The collider search prospects are also discussed.