Gravitational Production of Spin-3/2 Particles During Reheating

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Autores principales: Kaneta, Kunio, Ke, Wenqi, Mambrini, Yann, Olive, Keith A., Verner, Sarunas
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Publicado: 2023
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author Kaneta, Kunio
Ke, Wenqi
Mambrini, Yann
Olive, Keith A.
Verner, Sarunas
author_facet Kaneta, Kunio
Ke, Wenqi
Mambrini, Yann
Olive, Keith A.
Verner, Sarunas
contents We compute the density of a spin-$\frac32$ particle, the raritron, produced at the end of inflation due to gravitational interactions. We consider a background inflaton condensate as the source of this production, mediated by the exchange of a graviton. This production greatly exceeds the gravitational production from the emergent thermal bath during reheating. The relic abundance limit sets an absolute minimum mass for a stable raritron, though there are also model dependent constraints imposed by unitarity. We also examine the case of gravitational production of a gravitino, taking into account the goldstino evolution during reheating. We compare these results with conventional gravitino production mechanisms.
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spellingShingle Gravitational Production of Spin-3/2 Particles During Reheating
Kaneta, Kunio
Ke, Wenqi
Mambrini, Yann
Olive, Keith A.
Verner, Sarunas
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
We compute the density of a spin-$\frac32$ particle, the raritron, produced at the end of inflation due to gravitational interactions. We consider a background inflaton condensate as the source of this production, mediated by the exchange of a graviton. This production greatly exceeds the gravitational production from the emergent thermal bath during reheating. The relic abundance limit sets an absolute minimum mass for a stable raritron, though there are also model dependent constraints imposed by unitarity. We also examine the case of gravitational production of a gravitino, taking into account the goldstino evolution during reheating. We compare these results with conventional gravitino production mechanisms.
title Gravitational Production of Spin-3/2 Particles During Reheating
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.15146