Graviballs and dark matter

Abstract We investigate the possible existence of graviballs, a system of bound gravitons, and show that two gravitons can be bound together by their gravitational interaction. This idea connects to black hole formation by a high-energy 2 → N scattering and to the gravitational geon studied by Brill...

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Main Authors: B. Guiot, A. Borquez, A. Deur, K. Werner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-11-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2020)159
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Summary:Abstract We investigate the possible existence of graviballs, a system of bound gravitons, and show that two gravitons can be bound together by their gravitational interaction. This idea connects to black hole formation by a high-energy 2 → N scattering and to the gravitational geon studied by Brill and Hartle. Our calculations rely on the formalism and techniques of quantum field theory, specifically on low-energy quantum gravity. By solving numerically the relativistic equations of motion, we have access to the space-time dynamics of the (2-gravitons) graviball formation. We argue that the graviball is a viable dark matter candidate and we compute the associated gravitational lensing.
ISSN:1029-8479