Whitepaper on Super-weakly Interacting Massive Particles for Snowmass 2013
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2013-08-08 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
Super-weakly interacting massive particles produced in the late decays of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) are generic in large regions of supersymmetric parameter space and other frameworks for physics beyond the standard model. If their masses are similar to that of the decaying WIMP, then they could naturally account for all of the cosmological dark matter abundance. Their astrophysical consequences and collider signatures are distinct and different from WIMP candidates. In particular, they could modify Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, distort the Cosmic Microwave Background, reduce galactic substructure and lower central densities of low-mass galaxies.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1308.1510,
title = {Whitepaper on Super-weakly Interacting Massive Particles for Snowmass 2013},
author = {Jose A. R. Cembranos and Manoj Kaplinghat},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.1510},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 figures, white paper for Snowmass 2013