Non-thermal Production of Dark Matter: Heavy Axino Cosmology

by Shibi Rajagopalan

Friday 1 Apr 2011, 11:00 → 12:00 Europe/Paris

Salle 149

In this talk we will examine how non-thermal production (NTP) of Dark Matter (DM) can help SUSY models which predict insufficient amounts of DM. We will first examine in general how AMSB models, notorious for having a dearth of DM, can attain cosmologically safe relic densities. We then turn our attention to the details of a specific NTP mechanism: neutralinos produced through heavy axino decays. Finally, we conclude with a few remarks on future directions of research.

Slides lpsc.pdf