2020/04/02 by Andres D. Perez, Perez, Andres D.
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) #astro-ph.HE #astro-ph.IM #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2004.01021
PhD thesis, 187 pages, in Spanish (Abstract in English). Based on arXiv:1608.08640, arXiv:1911.03191, and arXiv:1911.08550
arxiv created 2020/04/02 · openalex publication_date 2020/04/02 · arxiv updated 2020/04/03 · openalex created_date 2022/07/26 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
To elucidate the composition of dark matter (DM) is one of the most important open questions in particle and astroparticle phenomenology. Within the framework of minimal supersymmetric extensions of the standard model of fundamental particles, the `mu-from-nu supersymmetric standard model', μνSSM, solves the μ-problem and reproduces neutrino data, only adding couplings involving right-handed neutrinos. In this context, the supersymmetric partner of the graviton, known as gravitino, becomes a natural DM candidate. Working in the mentioned model, in this thesis we have analyzed the detection of gamma-ray signals arising from decaying gravitino DM considering experiments such as Fermi-LAT. For this purpose all gravitino decays have been taken into account, complementing previous works. The possibility of an upcoming new generation of gamma-ray detectors has motivated the inclusion of axino, the supersymmetric partner of the axion, as a DM candidate. In this thesis, axino DM has been analyzed in the context of the μνSSM for the first time. Finally, scenarios with multicomponent DM have been studied, focusing on gravitinos and axinos coexisting as DM constituents. This novel scenario includes two very different cases with distinctive features: axino lighter than gravitino and vice versa. Considering the sensitivity of future MeV-GeV gamma-ray telescopes, axino and gravitino prospects of detection were analyzed in the mixed scenarios mentioned previously. In some parameter space regions, both candidates can produce a signal, therefore a double-line feature arises as a smoking gun that would uncover the DM composition.