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arxiv: 0804.0863 · v2 · pith:U7CHAEN2new · submitted 2008-04-07 · ✦ hep-ph · astro-ph· hep-th

Non-thermal Dark Matter and the Moduli Problem in String Frameworks

classification ✦ hep-ph astro-phhep-th
keywords modulinon-thermaldarkg2-mssmgravitinomattermodelsproblem
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We address the cosmological moduli/gravitino problems and the issue of too little thermal but excessive non-thermal dark matter from the decays of moduli. The main examples we study are the G2-MSSM models arising from M theory compactifications, which allow for a precise calculation of moduli decay rates and widths. We find that the late decaying moduli satisfy both BBN constraints and avoid the gravitino problem. The non-thermal production of wino LSPs, which is a prediction of G2-MSSM models, gives a relic density of about the right order of magnitude.

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