Bounds on very weakly interacting ultra light scalar and pseudoscalar dark matter from quantum gravity

Abstract

AbstractIn this paper we consider very weakly interacting and ultra light scalar and pseudoscalar dark matter candidates. We show that quantum gravity has important implications for such models and that the masses of the singlet scalar and pseudoscalar fields must be heavier than $$3\times 10^{-3}$$3×10-3 eV. However, if they are gauged, their masses could be much lighter and as light as $$10^{-22}\, \mathrm{eV}$$10-22eV. The existence of new gauge forces in the dark matter sector can thus be probed by atomic clocks or quantum sensors experiments.