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Supersymmetric superheavy dark matter

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2010-04-21 v2

Abstract

We propose the lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP) as a well-suited candidate for superheavy dark matter (SHDM). Various production mechanisms at the end of inflation can produce SHDM with the correct abundance, ΩLSPh20.1\Omega_{LSP} h^2 \sim 0.1, if its mass is sufficiently high. In particular, gravitational production requires that the mass mLSPm_{LSP} of the LSP is above 3×1011GeV3\times 10^{11} GeV. Weak interactions remain perturbative despite the large mass hierarchy, mLSPmZm_{LSP}\gg m_Z, because of the special decoupling properties of supersymmetry. As a result the model is predictive and we discuss the relevant cosmological processes for the case of a superheavy neutralino within this scheme.

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@article{arxiv.0810.3012,
  title  = {Supersymmetric superheavy dark matter},
  author = {V. Berezinsky and M. Kachelriess and M. Aa. Solberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.3012},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

9 pages; v2: references added, matches version to be published

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