%0 Journal Article %1 Acharya2009 %A Acharya, Bobby Samir %A Kumar, Piyush %A Kane, Gordon %A Watson, Scott %D 2009 %K dark matter moduli string theory %T A Non-thermal WIMP Miracle %U http://arxiv.org/abs/0908.2430 %X Light scalar fields with only gravitational strength couplings are typically present in UV complete theories of physics beyond the Standard Model. In the early universe it is natural for these fields to dominate the energy density, and their subsequent decay, if prior to BBN, will typically yield some dark matter particles in their decay products. In this paper we make the observation that a Non-thermal WIMP `Miracle' may result: that is, in the simplest solution to the cosmological moduli problem, non-thermally produced WIMPs can naturally account for the observed dark matter relic density. Such a solution may be generic in string theory compactifications.

@article{Acharya2009, abstract = { Light scalar fields with only gravitational strength couplings are typically present in UV complete theories of physics beyond the Standard Model. In the early universe it is natural for these fields to dominate the energy density, and their subsequent decay, if prior to BBN, will typically yield some dark matter particles in their decay products. In this paper we make the observation that a Non-thermal WIMP `Miracle' may result: that is, in the simplest solution to the cosmological moduli problem, non-thermally produced WIMPs can naturally account for the observed dark matter relic density. Such a solution may be generic in string theory compactifications. }, added-at = {2009-08-20T08:48:10.000+0200}, author = {Acharya, Bobby Samir and Kumar, Piyush and Kane, Gordon and Watson, Scott}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2e466676d0e764bbe9ef3d04a77e075c8/jpschaar}, description = {A Non-thermal WIMP Miracle}, interhash = {eaf027123a0149b1fd476d7c7aff750d}, intrahash = {e466676d0e764bbe9ef3d04a77e075c8}, keywords = {dark matter moduli string theory}, note = {cite arxiv:0908.2430 Comment: 6 pages, no figures}, timestamp = {2009-08-20T08:48:10.000+0200}, title = {A Non-thermal WIMP Miracle}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0908.2430}, year = 2009 }