Relic abundance of mass-varying cold dark matter particles
arXiv:astro-ph/0504121 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2005.08.049
Abstract
In models of coupled dark energy and dark matter the mass of the dark matter particle depends on the cosmological evolution of the dark energy field. In this note we exemplify in a simple model the effects of this mass variation on the relic abundance of cold dark matter.
5 pages, no figures. Version published in PLB