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Multiverse Dark Matter: SUSY or Axions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-03-13 v2

Abstract

The observed values of the cosmological constant {\it and} the abundance of Dark Matter (DM) can be successfully understood, using certain measures, by imposing the anthropic requirement that density perturbations go non-linear and virialize to form halos. This requires a probability distribution favoring low amounts of DM, i.e. low values of the PQ scale ff for the QCD axion and low values of the superpartner mass scale m~\tilde{m} for LSP thermal relics. In theories with independent scanning of multiple DM components, there is a high probability for DM to be dominated by a single component. For example, with independent scanning of ff and m~\tilde{m}, TeV-scale LSP DM and an axion solution to the strong CP problem are unlikely to coexist. With thermal LSP DM, the scheme allows an understanding of a Little SUSY Hierarchy with multi-TeV superpartners. Alternatively, with axion DM, PQ breaking before (after) inflation leads to ff typically below (below) the projected range of the current ADMX experiment of f=(330)×1011f = (3 - 30) \times 10^{11} GeV, providing strong motivation to develop experimental techniques for probing lower ff.

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@article{arxiv.1409.5123,
  title  = {Multiverse Dark Matter: SUSY or Axions},
  author = {Francesco D'Eramo and Lawrence J. Hall and Duccio Pappadopulo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.5123},
  year   = {2015}
}

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32 pages, 14 figures, version published on JHEP

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