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@article{citeulike:5731934, abstract = {We propose that dark matter is dominantly comprised of atomic bound states. We build a simple model and map the parameter space that results in the early universe formation of hydrogen-like dark atoms. We find that atomic dark matter has interesting implications for cosmology as well as direct detection: Protohalo formation can be suppressed below \$M\_{proto} \sim 10^3 - 10^6 M\_{\odot}\$ for weak scale dark matter due to Ion-Radiation interactions in the dark sector. Moreover, weak-scale dark atoms can accommodate hyperfine splittings of order \$100 \kev\$, consistent with the inelastic dark matter interpretation of the DAMA data while naturally evading direct detection bounds.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Kaplan, David E. and Krnjaic, Gordan Z. and Rehermann, Keith R. and Wells, Christopher M.}, citeulike-article-id = {5731934}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0909.0753}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0909.0753}, day = {3}, eprint = {0909.0753}, keywords = {dama, dark-matter}, month = {Sep}, posted-at = {2009-09-07 08:47:52}, priority = {2}, title = {Atomic Dark Matter}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0909.0753}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5731934 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5731934 N2 - We propose that dark matter is dominantly comprised of atomic bound states. We build a simple model and map the parameter space that results in the early universe formation of hydrogen-like dark atoms. We find that atomic dark matter has interesting implications for cosmology as well as direct detection: Protohalo formation can be suppressed below $M_{proto} \sim 10^3 - 10^6 M_{\odot}$ for weak scale dark matter due to Ion-Radiation interactions in the dark sector. Moreover, weak-scale dark atoms can accommodate hyperfine splittings of order $100 \kev$, consistent with the inelastic dark matter interpretation of the DAMA data while naturally evading direct detection bounds. TI - Atomic Dark Matter KW - dama KW - dark-matter AU - Kaplan, David AU - Krnjaic, Gordan AU - Rehermann, Keith AU - Wells, Christopher PY - 2009/Sep/03/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0909.0753 ER -