Gravitino dark matter from Q-ball decays
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1547 (United States)
Affleck-Dine baryogenesis, accompanied by the formation and subsequent decay of Q-balls, can generate both the baryon asymmetry of the Universe and dark matter in the form of gravitinos. The gravitinos from Q-ball decay dominate over the thermally produced population if the reheat temperature T{sub R} < or approx. 10{sup 7} GeV. We show that a gravitino with mass {approx}1 GeV is consistent with all observational bounds and can explain the baryon-to-dark-matter ratio in the gauge-mediated models of supersymmetry breaking for a wide range of cosmological and Q-ball parameters. Moreover, decaying Q-balls can be the dominant production mechanism for m{sub 3/2}<1 GeV gravitinos if the Q-balls are formed from a (B-L)=0 condensate, which produces no net baryon asymmetry. Gravitinos with masses in the range 50 eV < or approx. m{sub 3/2} < or approx. 100 keV produced in this way can act as warm dark matter and can have observable imprint on the small-scale structure.
- OSTI ID:
- 21325281
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 80, Issue 7; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.80.075021; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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