Supersymmetry and Cosmology

J. Feng

Table of contents :
Introduction……Page 3
A New Spacetime Symmetry……Page 4
Supersymmetry and the Weak Scale……Page 5
The Neutral Supersymmetric Spectrum……Page 7
R-Parity……Page 8
Supersymmetry Breaking and Dark Energy……Page 9
Minimal Supergravity……Page 11
Summary……Page 14
Freeze Out and WIMPs……Page 15
Thermal Relic Density……Page 17
Bulk Region……Page 18
Focus Point Region……Page 20
A Funnel Region……Page 21
Co-annihilation Region……Page 22
Direct Detection……Page 23
Positrons……Page 27
Photons……Page 30
Neutrinos……Page 31
Summary……Page 33
Gravitino Cosmology……Page 34
Gravitino Properties……Page 35
Thermal Relic Density……Page 37
Production during Reheating……Page 38
Production from Late Decays……Page 39
Detection……Page 41
Energy Release……Page 42
Big Bang Nucleosynthesis……Page 43
The Cosmic Microwave Background……Page 47
The Particle Physics/Cosmology Interface……Page 49
The Role of Colliders……Page 51
Synthesis……Page 53
References……Page 55