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| Format: | Preprint |
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2025
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| Online Access: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03269 |
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- We highlight that the observed concurrence between the baryon and dark matter relic densities can be explained via a parametric coincidence between two distinct production mechanisms: Affleck-Dine baryogenesis and dark matter UV freeze-in. In the Affleck-Dine mechanism, the baryon asymmetry is naturally proportional to the inflationary reheating temperature $T_{\rm rh}$, which also plays a critical role in setting the relic abundance of UV freeze-in dark matter. Since Affleck-Dine baryogenesis requires flat directions in the potential, the framework is inherently supersymmetric, offering compelling UV freeze-in dark matter candidates such as the gravitino. We outline scenarios in which $T_{\rm rh}$ simultaneously determines both relic abundances, resulting in a baryon-to-dark matter ratio of order unity that is largely insensitive to $T_{\rm rh}$. We also discuss the conditions required to avoid Q-ball formation or dark matter production by other mechanisms, such as NLSP decays, to preserve the parametric coincidence between baryon and dark matter abundances.