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Warm dark matter from a gravitational freeze-in in extra dimensions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2023-04-26 v1

Abstract

We study the freeze-in of gravitationally interacting dark matter in extra dimensions. Focusing on a minimal dark matter candidate that only interacts with the SM via gravity in a five-dimensional model we find that a large range of dark matter and Kaluza-Klein graviton masses can lead to the observed relic density. The preferred values of the masses and the strength of the interaction make this scenario very hard to test in terrestrial experiments. However, significant parts of the parameter space lead to warm dark matter and can be tested by cosmological and astrophysical observations.

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@article{arxiv.2208.03153,
  title  = {Warm dark matter from a gravitational freeze-in in extra dimensions},
  author = {Arturo de Giorgi and Stefan Vogl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.03153},
  year   = {2023}
}

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18 pages