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Hoping to indirectly detect dark matter with cosmic rays

Dark Matter constitutes more that 80% of the total amount of matter in the Universe, yet almost nothing is known about its nature. A powerful investigation technique is that of searching for the products of annihilations of Dark Matter particles in the galactic halo, on top of the ordinary cosmic ra...

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Autor principal: Cirelli, Marco
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3527196
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1326938
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description Dark Matter constitutes more that 80% of the total amount of matter in the Universe, yet almost nothing is known about its nature. A powerful investigation technique is that of searching for the products of annihilations of Dark Matter particles in the galactic halo, on top of the ordinary cosmic rays. Recent data from the PAMELA and FERMI satellites and a number of balloon experiment have reported unexpected excesses in the measured fluxes of cosmic rays. Are these the first direct evidences for Dark Matter? If yes, which DM models and candidates can explain these anomalies (in terms of annihilations) and what do they imply for future searches? What are the constraints from gamma rays measurements and cosmology?
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spelling cern-13269382019-09-30T06:29:59Zdoi:10.1063/1.3527196http://cds.cern.ch/record/1326938engCirelli, MarcoHoping to indirectly detect dark matter with cosmic raysAstrophysics and AstronomyDark Matter constitutes more that 80% of the total amount of matter in the Universe, yet almost nothing is known about its nature. A powerful investigation technique is that of searching for the products of annihilations of Dark Matter particles in the galactic halo, on top of the ordinary cosmic rays. Recent data from the PAMELA and FERMI satellites and a number of balloon experiment have reported unexpected excesses in the measured fluxes of cosmic rays. Are these the first direct evidences for Dark Matter? If yes, which DM models and candidates can explain these anomalies (in terms of annihilations) and what do they imply for future searches? What are the constraints from gamma rays measurements and cosmology?CERN-PH-TH-2010-183oai:cds.cern.ch:13269382010
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Hoping to indirectly detect dark matter with cosmic rays
title Hoping to indirectly detect dark matter with cosmic rays
title_full Hoping to indirectly detect dark matter with cosmic rays
title_fullStr Hoping to indirectly detect dark matter with cosmic rays
title_full_unstemmed Hoping to indirectly detect dark matter with cosmic rays
title_short Hoping to indirectly detect dark matter with cosmic rays
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topic Astrophysics and Astronomy
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3527196
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