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The observed values of the cosmological constant and the abundance of Dark Matter (DM) can be successfully understood, using certain measures, by imposing the anthropic requirement that density perturbations go non-linear and virialize to form halos. This requires a probability distribution favoring low amounts of DM, i.e. low values of the PQ scale f for the QCD axion and low values of the superpartner mass scale \( \tilde{m} \) for LSP thermal relics. In theories with independent scanning of multiple DM components, there is a high probability for DM to be dominated by a single component. For example, with independent scanning of f and \( \tilde{m} \), TeV-scale LSP DM and an axion solution to the strong CP problem are unlikely to coexist. With thermal LSP DM, the scheme allows an understanding of a Little SUSY Hierarchy with multi-TeV superpartners. Alternatively, with axion DM, PQ breaking before (after) inflation leads to f typically below (below) the projected range of the current ADMX experiment of f = (3 − 30) × 1011 GeV, providing strong motivation to develop experimental techniques for probing lower f.
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D’Eramo, F., Hall, L.J. & Pappadopulo, D. Multiverse dark matter: SUSY or axions. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 108 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2014)108
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