Supersymmetry and Cosmology
Abstract
Cosmology now provides unambiguous, quantitative evidence for new particle physics. I discuss the implications of cosmology for supersymmetry and vice versa. Topics include: motivations for supersymmetry; supersymmetry breaking; dark energy; freeze out and WIMPs; neutralino dark matter; cosmologically preferred regions of minimal supergravity; direct and indirect detection of neutralinos; the DAMA and HEAT signals; inflation and reheating; gravitino dark matter; Big Bang nucleosynthesis; and the cosmic microwave background. I conclude with speculations about the prospects for a microscopic description of the dark universe, stressing the necessity of diverse experiments on both sides of the particle physics/cosmology interface.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0405215,
title = {Supersymmetry and Cosmology},
author = {Jonathan L. Feng},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0405215},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
66 pages, 28 figures, lectures given at the 2003 SLAC Summer Institute: Cosmic Connections to Particle Physics, in the Proceedings SLAC-R-702 and to appear in Annals of Physics; references added, published version