Thermal gravitino production and collider tests of leptogenesis
Abstract
Considering gravitino dark matter scenarios, we obtain the full gauge-invariant result for the relic density of thermally produced gravitinos to leading order in the standard model gauge couplings. For the temperatures required by thermal leptogenesis, we find gaugino mass bounds which will be probed at future colliders. We show that a conceivable determination of the gravitino mass will allow for a unique test of the viability of thermal leptogenesis in the laboratory.
- Publication:
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Physical Review D
- Pub Date:
- January 2007
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.75.023509
- arXiv:
- arXiv:hep-ph/0608344
- Bibcode:
- 2007PhRvD..75b3509P
- Keywords:
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- 98.80.Cq;
- 04.65.+e;
- 12.60.Jv;
- 95.35.+d;
- Particle-theory and field-theory models of the early Universe;
- Supergravity;
- Supersymmetric models;
- Dark matter;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;
- Astrophysics;
- High Energy Physics - Experiment
- E-Print:
- 5 pages, 3 figures, revised version matches published version