Axino LSP Baryogenesis and Dark Matter

Abstract

We discuss a new mechanism for baryogenesis, in which the baryon asymmetry is generated by the lightest particle in another sector, for example the supersymmetric particle (LSP), decaying to quarks via baryonic-number-violating interactions. As a specific example, we use a supersymmetric axion model with an axino LSP and baryonic $R$-parity violation. This scenario predicts large $R$-parity violation for the stop, and an upper limit on the squark masses between {15 and 130 TeV}, for different choices of the Peccei-Quinn scale and the soft $X_t$ terms. We discuss the implications for the nature of dark matter in light of the axino baryogenesis mechanism, and find that both the axion and a metastable gravitino can provide the correct dark matter density. In the axion dark matter scenario, the initial misalignment angle is restricted to be $\mathcal{O}(1)$. On the other hand, the reheating temperature is linked to the PQ scale and should be higher than $10^4-10^5$ GeV in the gravitino dark matter scenario.

Comments: v2: 23 pages, 4 figures. Version accepted by JCAP. Added gaugino contribution to \Delta B=2 process and relative discussion, fixed numerical factors in asymmetry parameter and added references