Journal
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
Volume -, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2019/11/035
Keywords
cosmology of theories beyond the SM; dark matter theory; particle physics - cosmology connection; string theory and cosmology
Funding
- Simons Foundation [488569]
- Department of Science and Technology, Government of India [IFA18-PH215]
- Ramanujan Fellowships of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
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The generic expectation in string/supergravity models is that there are multiple moduli fields with masses of the order of the supersymmetry breaking scale. We study the cosmology that arises as a result of vacuum misalignment of these moduli fields (in contrast to previous studies which mostly focussed on the single modulus case). We show that the dark radiation produced from the heavier moduli undergoes significant dilution. This happens even if there is a small splitting between the masses of the lightest and the heavier moduli. On the other hand, in the absence of fast annihilation processes decay of heavier moduli generically leads to overproduction of dark matter. We discuss a scenario where the problem can be addressed with a prompt dark matter annihilation to dark radiation. This can lead to realistic dark matter abundances, and the additional dark radiation produced as a result of this mechanism undergoes sufficient dilution as long as the annihilation is prompt.
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