Asymptotic analysis of the Boltzmann equation for dark matter relic abundance

DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2021/07/024MaRDI QIDQ5029544zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Logan A. Morrison, Jaryd Ulbricht, Hiren H. Patel

Publication date 14 February 2022

Published in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.04012

zbMATH Keywords

dark matter theoryparticle physics-cosmology connectionphysics of the early universe

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Resonance in context of PDEs (35B34) Boltzmann equations (35Q20) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Nonselfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory including creation and destruction operators (81Q12) Nuclear physics (81V35) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Dark matter and dark energy (83C56)

Abstract: A solution to the Boltzmann equation governing the thermal relic abundance of cold dark matter is constructed by matched asymptotic approximations. The approximation of the relic density is an asymptotic series valid when the abundance does not deviate significantly from its equilibrium value until small temperatures. Resonance and threshold effects are taken into account at leading order and found to be negligible unless the annihilation cross section is negligible at threshold. Comparisons are made to previously attempted constructions and to the freeze out approximation commonly employed in the literature. Extensions to higher order matching is outlined, and implications for solving related systems are discussed. We compare our results to a numerical determination of the relic abundance using a benchmark model and find a fantastic agreement. The method developed also serves as a solution to a wide class of problems containing an infinite order turning point.

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