Dark matter casts light on the early universe

DOI10.1007/JHEP10(2018)132zbMATH Open1402.85005arXiv1807.00554WikidataQ129048034 ScholiaQ129048034MaRDI QIDQ1627367FDOQ1627367

Authors: Y. Aharonov 

Publication date: 22 November 2018

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show how knowledge of the cold dark matter (CDM) density can be used, in conjunction with measurements of the parameters of a scenario for beyond the Standard Model (BSM) physics, to provide information about the evolution of the Universe before Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN). As examples of non-standard evolution, we consider models with a scalar field that may decay into BSM particles, and quintessence models. We illustrate our calculations using various supersymmetric models as representatives of classes of BSM scenarios in which the CDM density is either larger or smaller than the observed density when the early Universe is assumed to be radiation-dominated. In the case of a decaying scalar field, we show how the CDM density can constrain the initial scalar density and the reheating temperature after it decays in BSM scenarios that would yield overdense dark matter in standard radiation-dominated cosmology, and how the decays of the scalar field into BSM particles can be constrained in scenarios that would otherwise yield underdense CDM. We also show how the early evolution of the quintessence field can be constrained in BSM scenarios.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.00554

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zbMATH Keywords

beyond standard modelcosmology of theories beyond the SMsupersymmetric standard model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

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Cited In (9)

• Ultraviolet freeze-in and non-standard cosmologies
• The bright side of dark matter
• Probing the BSM physics with CMB precision cosmology: an application to supersymmetry
• WIMPs during reheating
• Reconstructing non-standard cosmologies with dark matter
• Quintessential enhancement of dark matter abundance
• SUSY constraints, relic density, and very early universe
• Cosmological scalar fields and Big-Bang nucleosynthesis
• Dark matter density from heavy neutrino decays

Uses Software

• Superiso
• SOFTSUSY
• SuperIso Relic
• AlterBBN

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