Article Outline

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 690.

1. Introduction

2. Supersymmetry essentials

2.1. A new spacetime symmetry

2.2. Supersymmetry and the weak scale

2.3. The neutral supersymmetric spectrum

2.4. R-Parity

2.5. Supersymmetry breaking and dark energy

2.6. Minimal supergravity

2.7. Summary

3. Neutralino cosmology

3.1. Freeze out and WIMPs

3.2. Thermal relic density

3.2.1. Bulk region

3.2.2. Focus point region

3.2.3. A funnel region

3.2.4. Co-annihilation region

3.3. Direct detection

3.4. Indirect detection

3.4.1. Positrons

3.4.2. Photons

3.4.3. Neutrinos

3.5. Summary

4. Gravitino cosmology

4.1. Gravitino properties

4.2. Thermal relic density

4.3. Production during reheating

4.4. Production from late decays

4.5. Detection

4.5.1. Energy release

4.5.2. Big Bang nucleosynthesis

4.5.3. The cosmic microwave background

4.6. Summary

5. Prospects

5.1. The particle physics/cosmology interface

5.2. The role of colliders

5.3. Synthesis

5.4. Summary

Acknowledgements

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