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Kinetic decoupling of WIMPs: analytic expressions

arXiv:1501.02233 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.91.083526

Abstract

We present a general expression for the values of the average kinetic energy and of the temperature of kinetic decoupling of a WIMP, valid for any cosmological model. We show an example of the usage of our solution when the Hubble rate has a power-law dependence on temperature, and we show results for the specific cases of kination cosmology and low- temperature reheating cosmology.

19 pages, 3 figures