Gravitino thermal production revisited

Oct 27, 2020
7 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 103 (2021) 7, 075025
  • Published: Apr 24, 2021
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Abstract: (APS)
We calculate the gravitino production rate, computing its one-loop thermal self-energy. Gravitino production processes that do not result through thermal cuts of its self-energy, have been identified and taken into account. Correcting analytical errors and numerical approximations in the previous calculations, we present our result. This deviates from the latest estimation by almost 10%. More importantly, we provide a convenient formula, for calculating the gravitino production rate and its thermal abundance, as a function of the reheating temperature of the Universe.
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  • 6 pages, 3 figures, references added, matches published version
  • Beyond the standard model
  • gravitino: production
  • production: thermal
  • temperature: reheating
  • gravitation
  • propagator