Heavy right-handed neutrinos and dark matter in the {nu}CMSSM

Journal Article · Sun Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 2009 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.80.095015· OSTI ID:21325500

Kadota, Kenji ^[1]; Olive, Keith A ^[2]

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1. Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 (United States)
2. William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 (United States)

We perform a systematic study of the effects of the type-I seesaw mechanism on the dark matter abundance in the constrained minimal supersymmetric standard model (CMSSM) which includes three right-handed neutrinos (the {nu}CMSSM). For large values of m{sub 0}, m{sub 1/2}, we exploit the effects of large neutrino Yukawa couplings on the renormalization group evolution of the up-type Higgs. In particular, we show that the focus point scale can greatly exceed the electroweak scale resulting in the absence of a focus point region for which the relic density of neutralinos is within the range determined by WMAP. We also discuss the effects of the right-handed neutrinos on the so-called funnel region, where the relic density is controlled by s-channel annihilations through a heavy Higgs. For small values of m{sub 0}, m{sub 1/2}, we discuss the possibility of sneutrino coannihilation regions with an emphasis on the suppression of the left-handed slepton doublet masses due to the neutrino Yukawa coupling. We consider two types of toy models consistent with either the normal or inverted hierarchy of neutrino masses.

• OSTI ID: 21325500
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 80; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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HIGGS MODEL
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NEUTRINOS
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RENORMALIZATION
S CHANNEL
STANDARD MODEL
SUPERSYMMETRY
YUKAWA POTENTIAL