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arxiv: 0811.1119 · v1 · pith:XJOTSVLQnew · submitted 2008-11-07 · ✦ hep-ph · astro-ph

Cosmological scenario of stop NLSP with gravitino LSP and the cosmic lithium problem

classification ✦ hep-ph astro-ph
keywords problemlithiumnlspabundancesattractivebanggravitinoparticle
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The discrepancy on Li^7 and Li^6 abundances between the observational data and the standard Big Bang Nucleosynthesis theory prediction has been a nagging problem in astrophysics and cosmology, given the highly attractive and succesful Big Bang paradigm. One possible solution of this lithium problem is through hadronic decays of a massive metastable particle which alter the primordial element abundances. We explore this possibility using gravitino dark matter framework in which the next lightest supersymmetric particle (NLSP) is typically long-lived. We found that stop NLSP can provide an attractive solution to the lithium problem.

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