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arxiv: 1409.5123 · v2 · pith:XB6KHNVGnew · submitted 2014-09-17 · ✦ hep-ph

Multiverse Dark Matter: SUSY or Axions

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keywords axionvaluesbelowdarkindependentmatterprobabilityscale
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The observed values of the cosmological constant {\it and} the abundance of Dark Matter (DM) can be successfully understood, using certain measures, by imposing the anthropic requirement that density perturbations go non-linear and virialize to form halos. This requires a probability distribution favoring low amounts of DM, i.e. low values of the PQ scale $f$ for the QCD axion and low values of the superpartner mass scale $\tilde{m}$ for LSP thermal relics. In theories with independent scanning of multiple DM components, there is a high probability for DM to be dominated by a single component. For example, with independent scanning of $f$ and $\tilde{m}$, TeV-scale LSP DM and an axion solution to the strong CP problem are unlikely to coexist. With thermal LSP DM, the scheme allows an understanding of a Little SUSY Hierarchy with multi-TeV superpartners. Alternatively, with axion DM, PQ breaking before (after) inflation leads to $f$ typically below (below) the projected range of the current ADMX experiment of $f = (3 - 30) \times 10^{11}$ GeV, providing strong motivation to develop experimental techniques for probing lower $f$.

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