Examining a Dark Matter Candidate with a Dirac-Born-Infeld-Like Equation of Motion

Authors

Amanda Miller, Kenyon CollegeFollow
Tom Giblin, Kenyon CollegeFollow

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

Summer 2023

Abstract

Dark Matter makes up 28% of the contents of our universe, with the normal matter we interact with everyday making up only 5%. Despite this, we don't know what it is, and it hasn't been directly detected. We simulated this dark matter candidate using a DBI-like equation of motion to evolve the field instead of the standard Klein-Gordon equation. We further studied the decay of the field via self-resonance. Finally, we incorporated a gravitational wave package into the code which allows us to predict for stochastic gravitational wave background from this model.

Recommended Citation

Miller, Amanda and Giblin, Tom, "Examining a Dark Matter Candidate with a Dirac-Born-Infeld-Like Equation of Motion" (2023). Kenyon Summer Science Scholars Program. Paper 651.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/summerscienceprogram/651