Freeze-in and freeze-out in a right-handed neutrino extended MSSM with a seesaw mechanism
We investigate the possibility of saturating the relic density bound with light Higgsinos. When the minimal supersymmetric Standard Model is extended with right-handed neutrino superfields and the seesaw scale is very low, right-handed sneutrinos can be produced via the freeze-in mechanism. In such a case, we can have essentially two independent sources for dark matter, the traditional freeze-out of Higgsinos and the freeze-in of right-handed sneutrinos. The heavier of these two will decay to the lighter species with a delay. We rule out such a scenario for all seesaw models as the lifetime of sterile neutrinos produced overabundantly via the Dodelson-Widrow mechanism exceeds the age of the Universe and will contribute to the relic density.
Authors
- T. K. GUPTA (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7985-2622)
- Harri Waltari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1626-1585)
- Matti Heikinheimo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0905-0488)
- Katri Huitu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7754-9320)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2026-01-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/n6nb-klgc
- Primary Topic
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00