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Title: Supersymmetric relics from the big bang

Journal Article · · Nuclear Physics. B
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  1. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  2. European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland)

In this paper, we consider the cosmological constraints on supersymmetric theories with a new, stable particle. Circumstantial evidence points to a neutral gauge/Higgs fermion as the best candidate for this particle, and we derive bounds on the parameters in the lagrangian which govern its mass and couplings. One favored possibility is that the lightest neutral supersymmetric particle is predominantly a photino ~γ with mass above 12 GeV, while another is that the lightest neutral supersymmetric particle is a Higgs fermion with mass above 5 GeV or less than O(100) eV. We also point out that a gravitino mass of 10 to 100 GeV implies that the temperature after completion of an inflationary phase cannot be above 1014 GeV, and probably not above 3 × 1012 GeV. Finally, this imposes constraints on mechanisms for generating the baryon number of the universe.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
1432463
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-3171; PII: 0550321384904619
Journal Information:
Nuclear Physics. B, Vol. 238, Issue 2; ISSN 0550-3213
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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