Gravitationally induced particle production and its impact on the WIMP abundance

A large set of independent astronomical observations have provided a strong evidence for nonbaryonic dark matter in the Universe. One of the most investigated candidates is an unknown long-lived Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) which was in thermal equilibrium with the primeval plasma. Her...

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Main Authors: I. Baranov, J.A.S. Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-12-01
Series:Physics Letters B
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269315008138