Non-Abelian Monopoles as the Origin of Dark Matter

Abstract

We suggest that dark matter may be partially constituted by a dilute 't Hooft-Polyakov monopoles gas. We reach this conclusion by using the Georgi-Glashow model coupled to a dual kinetic mixing term $F\tilde{\mathcal{G}}$ where $F$ is the electromagnetic field and $\mathcal{G}$ the 't Hooft tensor. We show that these monopoles carry both (Maxwell) electric and (Georgi-Glashow) magnetic charges and the electric charge quantization condition is modified in terms of a dimensionless real parameter. This parameter could be determined from milli-charged particle experiments.

Comments: 5 pp, no figures