Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1770536 | Astroparticle Physics | 2016 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
We consider a generalization of the Standard Model whose action displays conformal invariance in d dimensions. The model contains a strongly coupled dark matter sector which breaks conformal symmetry dynamically. The model evades conformal anomaly and leads to identically zero vacuum energy in flat space-time. Hence it does not suffer from the problem of fine tuning of the cosmological constant. We determine the contribution of non-relativistic matter to the energy-momentum tensor and determine a parameter regime in which it approximately reduces to the standard result. We show how dark energy and dark matter arises in this model. We discuss the parameter range for which the model reduces to the ÎCDM model and hence is consistent with observations.
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Authors
Gopal Kashyap, Pankaj Jain, Subhadip Mitra,