Gravitational production of dark matter in the Peebles–Vilenkin model

Abstract The gravitational production of superheavy dark matter, in the Peebles-Vilenkin quintessential inflation model, is studied in two different scenarios: When the particles, whose decay products reheat the universe after the end of the inflationary period, are created gravitationally, and when...

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Main Author: Jaume Haro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-03-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-7799-8