
arXiv: 1205.0551
We propose a simple model for Warm Dark Matter (WDM) in which two fermions are added to the Standard Model: (quasi-) stable "keVins" (keV inert fermions) which account for WDM and their unstable brothers, the "GeVins" (GeV inert fermions), both of which carry zero electric charge and lepton number, and are (approximately) "inert", in the sense that their only interactions are via suppressed couplings to the Z. We consider scenarios in which stable keVins are thermally produced and their abundance is subsequently diluted by entropy production from the decays of the heavier unstable GeVins. This mechanism could be implemented in a wide variety of models, including E_6 inspired supersymmetric models or models involving sterile neutrinos.
32 pages, 9 figures, 2 tables
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, dark matter theory, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), cosmological neutrinos, Physical Sciences, Fysik, FOS: Physical sciences, cosmology of theories beyond the SM, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, dark matter theory, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), cosmological neutrinos, Physical Sciences, Fysik, FOS: Physical sciences, cosmology of theories beyond the SM, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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