BOUNDS ON DIRECT COUPLINGS OF SUPERHEAVY METASTABLE PARTICLES TO THE INFLATON FIELD FROM ULTRA HIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAY EVENTS
2002 ◽
Vol 17
(33)
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pp. 2179-2188
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Top Down
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Top-down models for the origin of ultra high energy cosmic rays (UHECR's) propose that these events are the decay products of relic superheavy metastable particles, usually called X particles. These particles can be produced in the reheating period following the inflationary epoch of the early Universe. We obtain constraints on some parameters such as the lifetime and direct couplings of the X-particle to the inflaton field from the requirement that they are responsible for the observed UHECR flux.
2005 ◽
Vol 20
(06)
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pp. 419-440
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2008 ◽
Vol 77
(Suppl.B)
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pp. 16-18
2006 ◽
Vol 21
(supp01)
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pp. 192-196
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2004 ◽
Vol 136
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pp. 319-326
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2010 ◽
Vol 25
(18)
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pp. 1467-1481
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2006 ◽
Vol 2
(14)
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pp. 267-267
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2009 ◽
Vol 18
(10)
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pp. 1577-1581
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