Dark matter gravitinos and baryons via Q-ball decay in the gauge-mediated MSSM

Doddato, Francesca and McDonald, John (2013) Dark matter gravitinos and baryons via Q-ball decay in the gauge-mediated MSSM. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2013 (7): 004. ISSN 1475-7516

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Abstract

We show that late Q-ball decay in the MSSM with gauge-mediated SUSY breaking can provide a natural source of non-thermal NLSPs which subsequently decay to gravitino dark matter without violating nucleosynthesis constraints. To show this, we perform a global analysis of Q-ball formation and decay in Affleck-Dine baryogenesis for a d = 6 (u(c)d(c)d(c))(2) flat direction of the gauge-mediated MSSM. A general phenomenological potential for the flat-direction is studied and the Q-ball decay properties are obtained as a function of its parameters. The corresponding gravitino mass necessary to account for dark matter is then determined for the case of stau NLSPs. The decay temperature depends on the charge of the Q-balls, which is determined by the fragmentation of the AD condensate. Different fragmentation scenarios are considered, and the final non-thermal NLSP density from Q-ball decay and NLSP annihilation is determined. Particular care is taken to establish that NLSPs from Q-ball decay become homogeneous and non-relativistic prior to annihilation. The gravitino mass necessary for dark matter is naturally consistent with the theoretical gravitino mass in the gauge-mediation model.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? dark matter theorybaryon asymmetrysupersymmetry and cosmologycosmology of theories beyond the smsupersymmetry breakingbaryogenesiscondensatemodelsastronomy and astrophysics ??
ID Code:
73279
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Deposited On:
12 Mar 2015 15:12
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Yes
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Published
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