Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2007-04-23
Phys.Rev.D77:116003,2008
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
7 pages, 2 figures, published in Physical Review D
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.77.116003
We discuss the impact of charged massive particle big bang nucleosynthesis(CBBN) to explore the nature of the reheating of the Universe in the case that a new extremely long-lived charged massive particle(CHAMP) exists. If the mass of the CHAMP is within collider reach and it's lifetime is longer than $10^4$sec, the comparison between the CBBN prediction and observed $^6$Li abundances may indicate nonstandard reheating in the early Universe without relying on details of the decay properties. Even if the CHAMP mass is outside the reach of colliders, the cosmological considerations may provide a nontrivial hint for the existence of such very heavy long-lived CHAMPs from the late Universe if the daughter particles are the dominant component of the present dark matter. We consider a low reheating temperature model as an example of the nonstandard reheating scenarios.
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