Thermal and non-thermal DM production in non-standard cosmologies: a mini review

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We provide a short review of some aspects of dark matter (DM) production in non-standard cosmology. Considering the simplest Higgs portal model as a definite particle physics setup, we consider the impact on the parameter space corresponding to the correct relic density and the complementary experimental constraints of the presence, during thermal production, of an exotic component dominating the energy density of the universe. In the second part of the work, we will focus on the case that such an exotic component satisfies the equation of state of matter and can produce DM non-thermally.

Keywords

• dark matter–cosmology
• dark matter theory
• beyond the standard model interactions
• dark matter phenomenology
• early universe