Slow Quanta Bound States and a Possible Link to Dark Matter

Abstract

We study the possibility of elementary energy quanta with vacuum propagation speed w < c, capable of interacting with each other to form massive bound states. The slow matter thus formed is shown to follow laws of Special Relativity mediated by velocity w rather than c, and to possess dynamical properties recalling some characteristics of Dark Matter.

Comments: 14 pages, 4 figures, submitted to JHEP