QCD Effects in Cosmology

Abstract

The cosmological evolution in the radiation dominated regimen is usually computed by assuming an ideal relativistic thermal bath. In this note, we discuss the deviation from the non-interaction assumption. In either the standard model (SM) and the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM), the main contribution comes from the strong interaction. An understanding of these effects are important for precision measurements and for the evolution of scalar modes, where the commented corrections constitute the main source of the dynamics.

4 pages, 2 figures. Contributed to CIPANP 2009: Tenth Conference on the Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics, May 26-31, 2009, San Diego, California