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Neutralino Cold Dark Matter in a One Parameter Extension of the Minimal Supergravity Model

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-10 v2 Astrophysics

Abstract

Within the minimal supergravity model (mSUGRA) framework, the expectation for the relic density of neutralinos exceeds the WMAP determination unless neutralinos a) have a significant higgsino component, b) have a mass close to half that of a heavy Higgs boson, or c)can efficiently co-annihilate with a charged or colored particle. Within a 1-parameter extension of the mSUGRA model which includes non-universal Higgs masses, we show that agreement with the WMAP data can be obtained over a wide range of mSUGRA parameters for scenarios a) and b), so that the phenomenological implications may be much more diverse than in mSUGRA. We show that direct and/or indirect detection of neutralino dark matter should be possible at various current and planned facilities.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0412059,
  title  = {Neutralino Cold Dark Matter in a One Parameter Extension of the Minimal Supergravity Model},
  author = {Howard Baer and Azar Mustafayev and Stefano Profumo and Alexander Belyaev and Xerxes Tata},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0412059},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 page revtex file plus 2 EPS figures