Superheavy Dark Matter from String Theory

23 Aug 2021, 22:35
20m
ZR4

ZR4

Early Universe Cosmology Early Universe Cosmology

Speaker

Rouzbeh Allahverdi (University of New Mexico)

Description

I argue that generic features of string compactifications, namely a high scale of supersymmetry breaking and one or more epochs of modulus domination, can accommodate superheavy neutralino dark matter with a mass around 10^10−10^11 GeV. Interestingly, this mass range may also explain the recent detection of ultra-high-energy neutrinos by IceCube and ANITA via dark matter decay.

Primary author

Rouzbeh Allahverdi (University of New Mexico)

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