LSP as a Candidate for Dark Matter
arXiv:hep-ph/0607301 · doi:10.1007/978-3-540-71013-4_2
Abstract
The most recent observations by the WMAP satellite provided us with data of unprecedented accuracy regarding the parameters describing the Standard Cosmological Model. The current matter-energy density of the Universe is close to its critical value of which 73% is attributed to Dark Energy, 23% to Cold Dark Matter and only 4% is ordinary matter of baryonic nature. The origins of the Dark Energy (DE) and Dark Matter (DM) constitute the biggest challenge of Modern Astroparticle Physics. Particle theories, which will be tested in the next round experiments in large accelerators, such as the LHC, provide candidates for DM while at the same time can be consistent with the DE component. We give a pedagogical account on the DM problem and the possibility that this has supersymmetric origin.
arXiv comment34 pages, 9 figures, Lectures given at 3rd Aegean Summer School: The Invisible Universe: Dark Matter and Dark Energy, Karfas, Island of Chios, Greece, 26 Sep - 1 Oct 2005. Typos added, references and comments added
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