Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2012-03-08
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
15 pages, no figures
Scientific paper
This paper presents an asymptotic analysis of the Boltzmann equations (Riccati differential equations) that describe the physics of thermal dark-matter-relic abundances. Two different asymptotic techniques are used, boundary-layer theory, which makes use of asymptotic matching, and the delta expansion, which is a powerful technique for solving nonlinear differential equations. Two different Boltzmann equations are considered. The first is derived from general relativistic considerations and the second arises in dilatonic string cosmology. The global asymptotic analysis presented here is used to find the long-time behavior of the solutions to these equations. In the first case the nature of the so-called freeze-out region and the post-freeze-out behavior is explored. In the second case the effect of the dilaton on cold dark-matter abundances is calculated and it is shown that there is a large-time power-law fall off of the dark-matter abundance. Corrections to the power-law behavior are also calculated.
Bender Carl M.
Sarkar Sarben
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