Gravitino Dark Matter with Stop as the NLSP

TL;DR

This paper reviews the potential of the stop particle as the next lightest supersymmetric particle (NLSP) in gravitino dark matter models, focusing on its phenomenology and detection prospects.

Contribution

It introduces the scenario where the stop is the NLSP in gravitino dark matter models and discusses its unique phenomenological implications.

Findings

Stop as NLSP is a viable scenario in gravitino dark matter models.

Metastability of the stop affects collider signatures.

Phenomenological analysis of stop detection prospects.

Abstract

Gravitino is one feasible candidate for the dark matter in supergravity models. With its couplings being suppressed by the Plank mass, gravitino interacts very weakly with other particles, making its direct detection, or production at colliders practically impossible. The signatures of this scenario mainly arise from the next lightest supersymmetric particle (NLSP) which is metastable due to the very weak coupling. There are many possibilities for the NLSP, and here I will review the feasibility of stop particle as the NLSP and discuss its phenomenology.