The mysterious diffuse UV radiation and Axion Quark Nugget dark matter model [CL]

http://arxiv.org/abs/2110.05489


It has been recently argued \cite{Henry_2014,Akshaya_2018,2019MNRAS.489.1120A} that there is a strong component of the diffuse far-ultraviolet (FUV) background which is hard to explain by conventional physics in terms of the dust-scattered starlight. We propose that this excess in FUV radiation might be result of the dark matter annihilation events within the so-called axion quark nugget (AQN) dark matter model, which was originally invented for completely different purpose to explain the observed similarity between the dark and the visible components in the Universe, i.e. $\Omega_{\rm DM}\sim \Omega_{\rm visible}$. We support this proposal by demonstrating that intensity and the spectral features of the AQN induced emissions are consistent with the corresponding characteristics of the observed excess of the FUV radiation.

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A. Zhitnitsky
Wed, 13 Oct 21
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