Supersymmetric dark matter with a cosmological constant

Recent measurements of cosmological parameters from the microwave background radiation, type Ta supenovae, and the age of globular clusters help determine the relic matter density in the universe. It is first shown with mild cosmological assumptions that the relic matter density satisfies Omega(M)h(2) < 0.6 independent of the cosmological constant and independent of the SNIa data, including the SNIa data, the constraint becomes Omega(M)h(2) < 0.35. This result is then applied to supersymmetric models motivated by generic features in supergravity mediated supersymmetry breaking. The result is an upper bound on gaugino masses within reach of the LHC and a 1.5 TeV lepton collider. Thus, cosmological considerations are beginning to limit the supersymmetric mass spectra in the experimentally verifiable range without recourse to finetuning arguments, and without assuming a zero cosmological constant. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.