Natural Dark Matter

Abstract

In this talk we analyse the claim that supersymmetry (SUSY) naturally accounts for the observed dark matter density. In many cases, it is necessary to tune the parameters of a SUSY model to fit the WMAP data. We provide a quantitative analysis of the degree of tuning required for different annihilation channels. Some regions are natural, requiring no tuning at all, whereas others require tuning at the 0.1% level.

Comments: Reference added. Based on talk given at Physics at the LHC 2006, Cracow, Poland, 3-8 Jul 2006