Gravitino dark matter in the CMSSM
Description
We consider the possibility that the gravitino might be the lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP) in the constrained minimal extension of the Standard Model (CMSSM). In this case, the next-to-lightest supersymmetric particle (NSP) would be unstable, with an abundance constrained by the concordance between the observed light-element abundances and those calculated on the basis of the baryon-to-entropy ratio determined using CMB data. We modify and extend previous CMSSM relic neutralino calculations to evaluate the NSP density, also in the case that the NSP is the lighter stau, and show that the constraint from late NSP decays is respected only in a limited region of the CMSSM parameter space. In this region, gravitinos might constitute the dark matter
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.physletb.2004.03.021;
- arXiv
- arXiv:hep-ph/0312262v4;
- PII
- S0370269304004344;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters. Section B
- Journal Volume
- 588
- Journal Issue
- 1-2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 7-16
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBAJ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 37114218
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BARYONS; ELEMENT ABUNDANCE; ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PARTICLE DECAY; SPARTICLES; STANDARD MODEL
- Descriptors DEC
- ABUNDANCE; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; HADRONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATTER; PARTICLE MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SPACE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.