Published May 20, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Gravitino dark matter in the CMSSM

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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

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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

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Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.