Allowed slepton intergenerational mixing in light of light element abundances

TL;DR

This paper investigates how intergenerational mixing of sleptons affects light element abundances in the early universe, proposing parameter ranges that resolve lithium problems and predicting collider signatures.

Contribution

It introduces allowed ranges for slepton intergenerational mixing parameters that address lithium abundance discrepancies and discusses potential collider signatures.

Findings

Allowed mixing ratios for selectron and smuon to solve lithium problems.

Predicted double-peak momentum distributions in slepton decay events.

Parameter ranges depend on slepton-neutralino mass differences.

Abstract

We studied allowed region on the intergenerational mixing parameters of sleptons from a viewpoint of big-bang nucleosynthesis in a slepton-neutralino coannihilation scenario. In this scenario, $^7$Li and $^6$Li problems can be solved by considering exotic reactions caused by bound-state effects with a long-lived slepton. Light element abundances are calculated as functions of the relic density and lifetime of the slepton which considerably depend on the intergenerational mixing parameters. Compared with observational light element abundances, we obtain allowed regions on the intergenerational mixing. Ratio of selectron component to stau component, $c_e$, is allowed in $2\times 10^{-11} \lesssim c_e \lesssim 2\times 10^{-9}$ with solving both the $^7$Li and $^6$Li problems. Similarly, the ratio for smuon, $c_{\mu}$, is allowed in $%2\times 10^{-7} \lesssim c_{\mu} \lesssim 5\times 10^{-5}$ for mass difference between slepton and neutralino, which is smaller than muon mass, and $ %10^{-11}\lesssim c_{\mu} \lesssim 2\times 10^{-10}$ for the mass difference in range between muon mass and 125 MeV. We also discuss collider signatures of the slepton decays. We find characteristic double peaks in momentum distribution of event number of the slepton decays with allowed mixing parameters. Discoveries of the double peaks at future collider experiments should confirm our scenario.