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Phys. Rev. D 69, 105021 (2004) [7 pages]

Could the next generation of cosmology experiments exclude supergravity?

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A. Barrau*
Laboratory for Subatomic Physics and Cosmology, CNRS-IN2P3/Joseph Fourier University, 53 av des Martyrs, 38026 Grenoble cedex, France

N. Ponthieu
Institute for Space Astrophysics, CNRS-INSUE/Paris-Sud University 91405, Orsay, France

Received 5 August 2003; revised 12 January 2004; published 28 May 2004

Gravitinos are expected to be produced in any local supersymmetric model. Using their abundance prediction as a function of the reheating energy scale, we argue that the next generation of cosmic microwave background experiments could exclude supergravity or strongly favor “thermal-like” inflation models if B mode polarized radiation were detected. Galactic cosmic-ray production by evaporating primordial black holes is also investigated as a way of constraining the Hubble mass at the end of inflation. Subsequent limits on the gravitino mass and on the related grand unification parameters are derived.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.69.105021
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.69.105021
PACS:
04.65.+e, 04.70.Dy, 14.80.Ly, 98.70.Vc

*Electronic address: Aurelien.Barrau@cern.ch; URL: http://lpsc.in2p3.fr/ams/aurelien/aurel.html

Electronic address: Nicolas.ponthieu@ias.u-psud.fr