Mixed axion-wino dark matter

Kyu J. Bae, Howard A. Baer, Andre Lessa, Hasan Serce

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Abstract

A variety of supersymmetric models give rise to a split mass spectrum characterized by very heavy scalars but sub-TeV gauginos, usually with a wino-like LSP. Such models predict a thermally-produced underabundance of wino-like WIMP dark matter so that non-thermal DM production mechanisms are necessary. We examine the case where theories with a wino-like LSP are augmented by a Peccei-Quinn sector including an axion-axino-saxion supermultiplet in either the SUSY KSVZ or SUSY DFSZ models and with/without saxion decays to axions/axinos. We show allowed ranges of PQ breaking scale fa for various cases which are generated by solving the necessary coupled Boltzmann equations. We also present results for a model with radiatively-driven naturalness but with a wino-like LSP.

Original languageEnglish
Article number49
JournalFrontiers in Physics
Volume3
Issue numberJUL
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Jul 2015

Keywords

  • Axions
  • DFSZ
  • Dark matter
  • KSVZ
  • Supersymmetry
  • WIMPs
  • Winos

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